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<2> "Bildad, you have really been
a great help to this tired, weary man!
You have really supported me!
<3> You have given wonderful advice
to this foolish man!
You have really given me
a lot of useful information![58]
<4> Who helped you say these things?
Whose spirit inspired you?
<5> "The ghosts and their neighbors
in the underworld[59] are shaking with fear.
<6> But God can see clearly into that place of death.
Death[60] is not hidden from God.
<7> God stretched the northern sky over empty space.
He hung the earth on nothing.
<8> He fills the thick clouds with water.
But he does not let that heavy weight
break the clouds open.
<9> He covers the face of the full moon.
He spreads his clouds over it and hides it.
<10> He drew the horizon on the ocean,
like a circle where light and darkness meet.
<11> The foundations that hold up the sky
shake with fear when God threatens them.
<12> With his own power God calmed the sea.
With his wisdom he destroyed Rahab.[61]
<13> His breath made the skies clear.
His hand destroyed the snake that tried to get away.[62]
<14> These are only a few
of the amazing things that God did.
We only hear a small whisper
from God's thundering power."
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