The Treasures of Snow, Hail, and Weather

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Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasures of the hail,

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which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

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By what way is the lightning distributed, or the east wind scattered on the earth?

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Who has cut a channel for the flood water, or the path for the thunderstorm;

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To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; on the wilderness, in which there is no man;

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to satisfy the waste and desolate ground, to cause the tender grass to grow?

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Does the rain have a father? Or who fathers the drops of dew?

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Out of whose womb came the ice? The gray frost of the sky, who has given birth to it?

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The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.

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“Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

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Can you lead the constellations out in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with her cubs?

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Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you establish its dominion over the earth?

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“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

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Can you send out lightnings, that they may go? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are?’