26:1   What a big help you are to me--- poor, weak man that I am!

26:2   (SEE 26:1)

26:3   You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me!

26:4   Who do you think will hear all your words? Who inspired you to speak like this?

26:5   The spirits of the dead tremble in the waters under the earth.

26:6   The world of the dead lies open to God; no covering shields it from his sight.

26:7   God stretched out the northern sky and hung the earth in empty space.

26:8   It is God who fills the clouds with water and keeps them from bursting with the weight.

26:9   He hides the full moon behind a cloud.

26:10   He divided light from darkness by a circle drawn on the face of the sea.

26:11   When he threatens the pillars that hold up the sky, they shake and tremble with fear.

26:12   It is his strength that conquered the sea; by his skill he destroyed the monster Rahab.

26:13   It is his breath that made the sky clear, and his hand that killed the escaping monster.

26:14   But these are only hints of his power, only the whispers that we have heard. Who can know how truly great God is?