Job 26:1-13 ▼

1 And Job answers and says:

2 “How you have helped the powerless, || Saved an arm not strong!

3 How you have given counsel to the unwise, || And made known wise plans in abundance.

4 With whom have you declared words? And whose breath came forth from you?

5 The Rephaim are formed, || Also their inhabitants beneath the waters.

6 Sheol [is] naked before Him, || And there is no covering to destruction.

7 Stretching out the north over desolation, || Hanging the earth on nothing,

8 Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, || And the cloud is not burst under them.

9 Taking hold of the face of the throne, || Spreading His cloud over it.

10 He has placed a limit on the waters, || To the boundary of light with darkness.

11 Pillars of the heavens tremble, || And they wonder because of His rebuke.

12 By His power He has quieted the sea, || And by His understanding struck the proud.

13 He beautified the heavens by His Spirit, || His hand has formed the fleeing serpent.