| | 1 | "At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. | |
| | 2 | Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth. | |
| | 3 | He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth. | |
| | 4 | After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back. | |
| | 5 | God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. | |
| | 6 | He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.' | |
| | 7 | So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor. | |
| | 8 | The animals take cover; they remain in their dens. | |
| | 9 | The tempest comes out from its chamber, the cold from the driving winds. | |
| | 10 | The breath of God produces ice, and the broad waters become frozen. | |
| | 11 | He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them. | |
| | 12 | At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them. | |
| | 13 | He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love. | |
| | 14 | "Listen to this, Job; stop and consider God's wonders. | |
| | 15 | Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash? | |
| | 16 | Do you know how the clouds hang poised, those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge? | |
| | 17 | You who swelter in your clothes when the land lies hushed under the south wind, | |
| | 18 | can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a mirror of cast bronze? | |
| | 19 | "Tell us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness. | |
| | 20 | Should he be told that I want to speak? Would any man ask to be swallowed up? | |
| | 21 | Now no one can look at the sun, bright as it is in the skies after the wind has swept them clean. | |
| | 22 | Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; God comes in awesome majesty. | |
| | 23 | The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress. | |
| | 24 | Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?" | |
