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"At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place.
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Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,
to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
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He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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After that comes th sound of his roar;
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds, he holds nothing back.
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God's voice thunders in marvelous ways;
hr does great things beyond our understanding.
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He says to te snow, 'Fall on the earth,'
and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
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So that all men he has made know his work,
he stops every man from his labor.
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The animals take cover; they remain in their dens.
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The tempest comes out from its chamber,
the cold from the driving winds.
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The breath of God produces ice,
and the broad waters become frozen.
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He loads the cloud with moisture;
he scatters his lightning through them.
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At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth
to do whatever he commands them.
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He brings the clouds to punish men,
or to water his earth and show his love.
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"Listen to tis, Job; stop and consider God's wonders.
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Do you know how God controls the clouds and makes his lightning flash?
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Do you knowhow the clouds hang poised,
those wonders of him whomis perfect in knowledge?
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You whoswelter in your clothes when te land lies hushed under the south wind,
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can you join him in spreading out the skies, hard as a morror of cast bronze?
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Tell us what we should say to him;
we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
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Should he be told that I want to speak?
Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
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Now no one can look at the sun,
bright as it is in the skies after te wind has swept them clean.
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Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;
God comes in awesome majesty.
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The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
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Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?"
