Friday, September 17, 2010

YHWH said to Job

Then YHWH answered Job out of the storm. He said:
"Who is this that darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?
Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
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"Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
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"Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
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"Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
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"What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
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"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
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"Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades?
Can you loose the cords of Orion?
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"Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
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"Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
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"Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?
Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
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"Will the wild ox consent to serve you?

Will he stay by your manger at night?
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"The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but they cannot compare with the pinions and feathers of the stork.
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"Do you give the horse his strength
or clothe his neck with a flowing mane?
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"Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom
and spread his wings toward the south?
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YHWH said to Job:
"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who accuses God answer him!"

Then Job answered YHWH :
"I am unworthy—how can I reply to you?
I put my hand over my mouth.
I spoke once, but I have no answer—
twice, but I will say no more."


Then Job replied to YHWH:
"I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.
You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?'
Surely I spoke of things i did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.
"'You said, 'Listen  now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.'
My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.
Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes."

Job 38:1-4,8,12,16,19,22,31,34,39 39:1,9,13,19,26 40:1-5, 42:1-6 NIV

[Yahweh, we stand silent in awe of your holy and mighty works.]

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