Job 36:27 - 37:13

For He draws up the drops of water,

They distill rain for His stream,

Which the clouds pour down,

They drip upon man abundantly.

Can anyone discern the spreading of the clouds,

The thundering of His pavilion?

Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,

And He covers the depths of the sea.

For by these He judges peoples;

He gives food in abundance.

He covers His hands with the lightning,

And commands it to strike the mark.

Its thundering declares about Him;

The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

“At this also my heart trembles,

And leaps from its place.

Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,

And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,

And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

After it, a voice roars;

He thunders with His majestic voice,

And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

God thunders with His voice marvelously,

Doing great things which we do not know.

For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’

And to the downpour of rain and the downpour of rains, ‘Be strong.’

He seals the hand of every man,

That all men may know His work.

Then the beast goes into its lair

And dwells in its den.

Out of the south comes the storm,

And out of the north the cold.

From the breath of God ice is made,

And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;

He scatters the cloud of His lightning.

It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,

That it may do whatever He commands it

On the face of the inhabited earth.

Whether for correction, or for His world,

Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.