Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

1“ Indeed at this my heart trembles,

and it leaps from its place.

2Listen closely to the quaking of His voice,

and the rumbling from His mouth that comes forth.

3Beneath all the heaven He unleashes it,

and His lightning is over the edges of the earth.

4After it, a voice roars;

He thunders with the voice of His majesty,

and He does not restrain them

when His voice is heard.

5God thunders with His voice wondrously;

He does great things that we cannot know.

6For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’

and to the shower of rain, and to the shower, ‘Be the rains of His might.’

7He seals up the hand of every man,

for the knowing of His work by all men.

8And the beast comes into its lair,

and in its dens it shall dwell.

9From its chamber the whirlwind comes,

and the cold from the scattering winds.

10From the breath of God, ice is given,

and the breadth of the waters is in constraint.

11Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;

His lightning scatters the cloud.

12And it turns around,

being turned about by His guidance,

to do all of what He commands them

above the face of the habitation of the earth.

13If for the rod, if for His land,

if in His loving devotion, He makes it find it.

14Give ear to this, O Job;

stand and consider the wonders of God.

15Do you know how God does place upon them,

and how He causes the light of His cloud to shine?

16Do you know about the balancing of the cloud,

the wonders of the One perfect in knowledge,

17you whose garments are hot

in the quieting of the earth from the south?

18Have you beaten the skies with him,

strong as a mirror of cast metal?

19Make us know what we should say to Him;

we cannot arrange from the face of the darkness.

20Should it be told to Him that I would speak,

If a man spoke that he would be swallowed up?†

21And now they cannot look at the light;

it is bright in the clouds

when the wind has passed over and cleansed them.

22Gold comes from the north;

upon God is a fearsome majesty.

23Shaddai†—we cannot find Him out!

He is great in power and judgment,

and abundant in righteousness,

He does not oppress.

24Therefore men fear Him;

He does not regard any of the wise of heart.”