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Job 38:25-41

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25“Who has split open a channel for the flood,

And a way for the thunderbolt,

26To bring rain on a land without people,

On a desert without a person in it,

27To satisfy the waste and desolate land,

And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?

28“Does the rain have a father?

Or who has fathered the drops of dew?

29“From whose womb has come the ice?

And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

30“Water becomes hard like stone,

And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

31“Can you tie up the chains of the Pleiades,

Or untie the cords of Orion?

32“Can you bring out a constellation in its season,

And guide the Bear with her satellites?

33“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,

Or do you establish their rule over the earth?

34“Can you raise your voice to the clouds,

So that an abundance of water will cover you?

35“Can you send flashes of lightning, so that they may go

And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

36“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being,

Or given understanding to the mind?

37“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,

And pour out the water jars of the heavens,

38When the dust hardens into a mass

And the clods stick together?

39“Can you hunt the prey for the lioness,

Or satisfy the appetite of young lions,

40When they crouch in their hiding places,

And lie in wait in their lair?

41“Who prepares feed for the raven

When its young cry to God,

And wander about without food?