Job

Chapter 26

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    But Job answered:

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    Bravely spoken, for a cause that so much needed it! That arm of thine ever upheld the weak.

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    Brave advice offered in that great discernment of thine, to one who so lacks wisdom!

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    A fine lesson thou hast read him, the God who gave thee breath!

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    Sure enough, there is none but trembles before him; even the old heroes, and those who share their dwelling-place under the lower depths;

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    bare to his eyes is the place of shadows, oblivion lies revealed.

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    He it was spread out the northern skies over emptiness, poised earth on nothing;

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    cloud-bound he holds the rain, that else would spill on earth all at once,

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    veiled and shut in with cloud his unseen throne.

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    While day and night last, the waters keep the bounds he has decreed for them;

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    the very pillars of heaven tremble awe-struck at his will.

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    His the power, his the wisdom, that drew the seas together all in a moment, and the rebellious dragon struck down;

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    his the spirit that clothed the heavens, his the hand that drew yonder writhing serpent from the womb.

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    Here is but a small part of his doings, here is but the whisper of his voice; who dares to contemplate the thunder of his full magnificence?