JOB - Chapter 26

¹ Then Job responded,

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“What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength!

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-“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!

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-“To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?

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“The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.

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-“Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.

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-“He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

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-“He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

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-“He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.

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-“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.

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-“The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke.

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-“He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

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-“By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

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-“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”

1. Then Job responded,

2.

“What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength!

3.

-“What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!

4.

-“To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?

5.

“The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.

6.

-“Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.

7.

-“He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.

8.

-“He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.

9.

-“He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.

10.

-“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.

11.

-“The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke.

12.

-“He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

13.

-“By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

14.

-“Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?”