38:1   From out of a storm, the LORD said to Job:

38:2   Why do you talk so much when you know so little?

38:3   Now get ready to face me! Can you answer the questions I ask?

38:4   How did I lay the foundation for the earth? Were you there?

38:5   Doubtless you know who decided its length and width.

38:6   What supports the foundation? Who placed the cornerstone,

38:7   while morning stars sang, and angels rejoiced?

38:8   When the ocean was born, I set its boundaries

38:9   and wrapped it in blankets of thickest fog.

38:10   Then I built a wall around it, locked the gates,

38:11   and said, "Your powerful waves stop here! They can go no farther."

38:12   Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey?

38:13   Did it take hold of the earth and shake out the wicked like dust from a rug?

38:14   Early dawn outlines the hills like stitches on clothing or sketches on clay.

38:15   But its light is too much for those who are evil, and their power is broken.

38:16   Job, have you ever walked on the ocean floor?

38:17   Have you seen the gate to the world of the dead?

38:18   And how large is the earth? Tell me, if you know!

38:19   Where is the home of light, and where does darkness live?

38:20   Can you lead them home?

38:21   I'm certain you must be able to, since you were already born when I created everything.

38:22   Have you been to the places where I keep snow and hail,

38:23   until I use them to punish and conquer nations?

38:24   From where does lightning leap, or the east wind blow?

38:25   Who carves out a path for thunderstorms? Who sends torrents of rain

38:26   on empty deserts where no one lives?

38:27   Rain that changes barren land to meadows green with grass.

38:28   Who is the father of the dew and of the rain?

38:29   Who gives birth to the sleet and the frost

38:30   that fall in winter, when streams and lakes freeze solid as a rock?

38:31   Can you arrange stars in groups such as Orion and the Pleiades?

38:32   Do you control the stars or set in place the Big Dipper and the Little Dipper?

38:33   Do you know the laws that govern the heavens, and can you make them rule the earth?

38:34   Can you order the clouds to send a downpour,

38:35   or will lightning flash at your command?

38:36   Did you teach birds to know that rain or floods are on their way?

38:37   Can you count the clouds or pour out their water

38:38   on the dry, lumpy soil?

38:39   When lions are hungry, do you help them hunt?

38:40   Do you send an animal into their den?

38:41   And when starving young ravens cry out to me for food, do you satisfy their hunger?