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[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?”

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