1Then Job answered and said:

2How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!

3How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!

4For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?

5Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.

6The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering.

7He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

8He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.

9He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.

10He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.

11The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.

12By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.

13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.

14Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?