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37 <1> "The thunder and lightning frighten me;
my heart pounds in my chest.
<2> Listen to God's thundering voice!
Listen to sound coming from his mouth.
<3> He sends his lightning
to flash across the whole sky.
It lights up the whole earth.
<4> After the flashes of lightning
you can hear his roaring voice.
He thunders with his wonderful voice!
After the lightning flashes,
His voice thunders.
<5> God's thundering voice is wonderful!
He does great things that we cannot understand.
<6> He says to the snow,
'Fall on the earth.'
And he says to the rain,
'Pour down on the earth.'
<7> God does that to prove
to the people he made what he can do.
<8> The animals run into their dens and stay there.
<9> Whirlwinds come from the south.
The cold winds come from the north.
<10> God's breath makes ice
and freezes the oceans.
<11> He fills the clouds with water
and scatters these thunderclouds.
<12> He orders the clouds
to blow all around the earth.
The clouds do whatever he commands.
<13> He brings out the clouds
to punish people with floods
or to water his earth
or to show his love.
<14> "Job, stop for a minute and listen.
Think about the wonderful things God does.
<15> Do you know how God controls the clouds?
Do you know how he makes his lightning flash?
<16> Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky?
Well, they are just one of the things that were made
by the one who knows everything.
<17> All you know is that you sweat,
your clothes stick to you,
and everything is still and quiet when the heat wave comes from the south.
<18> Can you help God spread out the sky,
and make it shine like polished brass?
<19> "Job, tell us what we should say to God!
We cannot think of what to say
because of our ignorance.[86]
<20> I wouldn't tell God
that I wanted to talk to him.
That would be like asking
to be destroyed.
<21> A person cannot look at the sun.
It is very bright as it shines in the sky
after the wind blows the clouds away.
<22> In the same way God's golden glory
shines from the Holy Mountain.[87]
There is a bright light around him.
<23> We have seen that God All-Powerful
really is all powerful!
He does not respond to us
when we try to sue him for justice!
<24> That is why people
fear and respect him.
God does not fear and respect
those who think they are wise."
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