Job26

Job responds to his friends by sarcastically questioning the value of their counsel. He then shifts to a magnificent declaration of God's unparalleled power and wisdom in creation and governance. Job describes God's control over the underworld, the cosmos, and natural elements, asserting that these wonders are but a small glimpse of His incomprehensible might.

Job Rejects Bildad's Weak Counsel

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And Job answereth and saith: --
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What--thou hast helped the powerless, Saved an arm not strong!
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What--thou hast given counsel to the unwise, And wise plans in abundance made known.
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With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

God's Incomparable Power in Creation

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The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.
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Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.
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Stretching out the north over desolation, Hanging the earth upon nothing,
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Binding up the waters in His thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
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Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.
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A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.
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Pillars of the heavens do tremble, And they wonder because of His rebuke.
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By His power He hath quieted the sea, And by His understanding smitten the proud.
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By His Spirit the heavens He beautified, Formed hath His hand the fleeing serpent.
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Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?
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