The Treasures of Snow, Hail, and Weather

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Hast thou entered into the storehouses of the snow, or hast thou beheld the treasures of the hail:

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Which I have prepared for the time of the enemy, against the day of battle and war?

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By what way is the light spread, and heat divided upon the earth?

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Who gave a course to violent showers, or a way for noisy thunder:

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That it should rain on the earth without man in the wilderness, where no mortal dwelleth:

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That it should fill the desert and desolate land, and should bring forth green grass?

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Who is the father of rain? or who begot the drops of dew?

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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven who hath gendered it?

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The waters are hardened like a stone, and the surface of the deep is congealed.

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Shalt thou be able to join together the shining stars the Pleiades, or canst thou stop the turning about of Arcturus?

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Canst thou bring forth the day star in its time, and make the evening star to rise upon the children of the earth?

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Dost thou know the order of heaven, and canst thou set down the reason thereof on the earth?

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Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that an abundance of waters may cover thee?

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Canst thou send lightnings, and will they go, and will they return and say to thee: Here we are?