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Job 26 (GN)

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¹ What a big help you are to me--- poor, weak man that I am! ² (SEE 26:1) ³ You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me! ⁴ Who do you think will hear all your words? Who inspired you to speak like this? ⁵ The spirits of the dead tremble in the waters under the earth. ⁶ The world of the dead lies open to God; no covering shields it from his sight. ⁷ God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space. ⁸ It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight. ⁹ He hides the full moon behind a cloud. ¹⁰ He divided light from darkness by a circle drawn on the face of the sea. ¹¹ When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky, they shake and tremble with fear. ¹² It is his strength that conquered the sea; by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab. ¹³ It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster. ¹⁴ But these are only hints of his power, only the whispers that we have heard. Who can know how truly great God is?