God’s Power

Job 26:1-14

¹ Then Job said: ² How well you have helped the weak, saved those with frail arms, ³ advised one lacking wisdom, informed many with insight! ⁴ With whom have you spoken; whose breath was expelled from you? ⁵ The dead writhe, the inhabitants beneath the waters as well. ⁶ The grave is naked before God; the underworld lacks covering. ⁷ He stretched the North over chaos, hung earth over nothing; ⁸ wrapped up water in his clouds, yet they didn’t burst out below; ⁹ hid the face of the full moon, spreading his cloud over it; ¹⁰ traced a circle on the water’s surface, at the limit of light and darkness. ¹¹ Heaven’s pillars shook, terrified by his blast. ¹² By his power he stilled the Sea; split Rahab with his cleverness. ¹³ Due to his wind, heaven became clear; his hand split the fleeing serpent. ¹⁴ Look, these are only the outer fringe of his ways; we hear only a whispered word about him. Who can understand his thunderous power?