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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.’

⁴²They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

Life among the Believers

43 Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. ⁴⁴All who believed were together and had all things in common; ⁴⁵they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds^* to all, as any had need. ⁴⁶Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home^* and ate their food with glad and generous^* hearts, ⁴⁷praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.