5 The shades of the deep are ter rified,
the waters and their inhabitants tremble.
6 Sheol is naked before God;
destruction lies uncovered.
7 Over the void he spreads out the northern skies;
over emptiness he suspends the earth.
8 He wraps up the waters in his clouds,
yet the clouds do not burst their seams.
9 He covers the face of the moon
and spreads his clouds over it.
10 On the face of the waters he draws the horizon as a boundary between light and darkness.
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,
stunned at his thunderous rebuke.
12 By his power he stilled the sea;
by his wisdom he smote Rahab.
13 By his wind the skies were cleared;
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
14 These are but hints of his power;
a whisper is all that we hear of him.
But who can understand the thunder of his might?
1 Job answered then:
2 What help have you given to the powerless,
what strength to the enfeebled arm?
3 What advice have you offered to the foolish,
and what great insight have you shown?
4 Who has inspired in you these words?
Whose spirit spoke from your mouth?
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Comments Job, Chapter 26
• 26.5 Paragraph 26:1-4 comes at the end of chapter 26.
• 1. Job remarks ironically: What does all of this have to do with the point of the discussion?