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37‘At this also my heart trembles,
   and leaps out of its place.
² Listen, listen to the thunder of his voice
   and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
³ Under the whole heaven he lets it loose,
   and his lightning to the corners of the earth.
⁴ After it his voice roars;
   he thunders with his majestic voice
   and he does not restrain the lightnings^* when his voice is heard.
⁵ God thunders wondrously with his voice;
   he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
⁶ For to the snow he says, “Fall on the earth”;
   and the shower of rain, his heavy shower of rain,
⁷ serves as a sign on everyone’s hand,
   so that all whom he has made may know it.^*
8 Then the animals go into their lairs
   and remain in their dens.
⁹ From its chamber comes the whirlwind,
   and cold from the scattering winds.
¹⁰ By the breath of God ice is given,
   and the broad waters are frozen fast.
¹¹ He loads the thick cloud with moisture;
   the clouds scatter his lightning.
¹² They turn round and round by his guidance,
   to accomplish all that he commands them
   on the face of the habitable world.
¹³ Whether for correction, or for his land,
   or for love, he causes it to happen.

¹⁴ ‘Hear this, O Job;
   stop and consider the wondrous works of God.
¹⁵ Do you know how God lays his command upon them,
   and causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
¹⁶ Do you know the balancings of the clouds,
   the wondrous works of the one whose knowledge is perfect,
¹⁷ you whose garments are hot
   when the earth is still because of the south wind?
¹⁸ Can you, like him, spread out the skies,
   unyielding as a cast mirror?
¹⁹ Teach us what we shall say to him;
   we cannot draw up our case because of darkness.
²⁰ Should he be told that I want to speak?
   Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
²¹ Now, no one can look on the light
   when it is bright in the skies,
   when the wind has passed and cleared them.
²² Out of the north comes golden splendour;
   around God is awesome majesty.
²³ The Almighty^*—we cannot find him;
   he is great in power and justice,
   and abundant righteousness he will not violate.
²⁴ Therefore mortals fear him;
   he does not regard any who are wise in their own conceit.’