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Which distil rain from His vapour;

²⁸Which the skies pour down

And drop upon the multitudes of men.

²⁹Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds,

The crashings of His pavilion?

³⁰Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it;

And He covereth the depths of the sea.

³¹For by these He judgeth the peoples;

He giveth food in abundance.

³²He covereth His hands with the lightning,

And giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.

³³The noise thereof telleth concerning it,

The cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.

 

37 At this also my heart trembleth,

And is moved out of its place.

²Hear attentively the noise of His voice,

And the sound that goeth out of His mouth.

³He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven,

And His lightning unto the ends of the earth.

⁴After it a voice roareth;

He thundereth with the voice of His majesty;

And He stayeth them not when His voice is heard.

⁵God thundereth marvellously with His voice;

Great things doeth He, which we cannot comprehend.

⁶For He saith to the snow: 'Fall thou on the earth';

Likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of His mighty rain.

⁷He sealeth up the hand of every man,

That all men whom He hath made may know it.

⁸Then the beasts go into coverts,

And remain in their dens.

⁹Out of the Chamber cometh the storm;

And cold out of the north.

¹⁰By the breath of God ice is given,

And the breadth of the waters is straitened.

¹¹Yea, He ladeth the thick cloud with moister,

He spreadeth abroad the cloud of His lightning;

¹²And they are turned round about by His guidance,

That they may do whatsoever He commandeth them

Upon the face of the habitable world:

¹³Whether it be for correction, or for His earth,

Or for mercy, that He cause it to come.

 

¹⁴Hearken unto this, O Job;

Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

¹⁵Dost thou know how God enjoineth them,

And causeth the lightning of His cloud to shine?

¹⁶Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds,

The wondrous works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

¹⁷Thou whose garments are warm,

When the earth is still by reason of the south wind;

¹⁸Canst thou with Him spread out the sky,

Which is strong as a molten mirror?

¹⁹Teach us what we shall say unto Him;

For we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

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