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²²Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow,

Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,

²³Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,

Against the day of battle and war?

 

²⁴By what way is the light parted,

Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?

²⁵Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood,

Or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

²⁶To cause it to rain on a land where no man is,

On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

²⁷To satisfy the desolate and waste ground,

And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

²⁸Hath the rain a father?

Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

²⁹Out of whose womb came the ice?

And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

³⁰The waters are congealed like stone,

And the face of the deep is frozen.

 

³¹Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades,

Or loose the bands of Orion?

³²Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season?

Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?

³³Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?

Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

³⁴Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,

That abundance of waters may cover thee?

³⁵Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go,

And say unto thee: 'Here we are'?

 

³⁶Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?

Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom?

Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,

³⁸When the dust runneth into a mass,

And the clods cleave fast together?

 

³⁹Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness?

Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

⁴⁰When they couch in their dens,

And abide in the covert to lie in wait?

⁴¹Who provideth for the raven his prey,

When his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?

39 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?

Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

²Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?

Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

³They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,

They cast out their fruit.

⁴Their young ones wax strong, they grow up in the open field;

They go forth, and return not again.

 

⁵Who hath sent out the wild ass free?

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