
Job 37b
Listen to this, Job; stop and think about God's marvelous deeds. Do you know how God establishes the clouds and makes the lightning bolts to flash in them? Do you understand the floating of the clouds, the marvelous deeds of God, who is perfect in knowledge? Do you understand how your garments become hot when the land is still because the wind comes from the south? Can you spread out the sky as he can—the sky, which is as strong as a mirror of cast metal? Teach us what we should say to him, for we cannot lay out our arguments in order because of the darkness of our minds. Should he be told that I wish to speak with him? Would a person wish to be swallowed up? Now, people cannot look at the sun when it is bright in the sky after the wind has passed through and has cleared it of its clouds. Out of the north comes golden splendor—over God is fearsome majesty. As for the Almighty, we cannot find him! He is great in power; he does not oppress justice and abundant righteousness. Therefore, people fear him. He does not pay any attention to those who are wise in their own minds."

