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		Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,
		Job 38:2 "Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge? [Job 35:16]
		Job 38:3 "Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!
		Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you know and have understanding.
		Job 38:5 "Who determined the measurements [of the earth], if you know? Or who stretched the [measuring] line on it?
		Job 38:6 "On what were its foundations fastened? Or who laid its cornerstone,
		Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God (angels) shouted for joy?
		Job 38:8 ¶ "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When it burst forth and went out of the womb;
		Job 38:9 When I made the clouds its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
		Job 38:10 And marked for it My [appointed] boundary And set bars and doors [defining the shorelines], [Jer 5:22]
		Job 38:11 And said, 'This far you shall come, but no farther; And here your proud waves shall stop'? [Ps 89:9; 93:4]
		Job 38:12 ¶ "Since your days began, have you ever commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,
		Job 38:13 So that light may take hold of the corners of the earth And shake the wickedness out of it?
		Job 38:14 "The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed; And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.
		Job 38:15 "Their light is withheld from the wicked, And the uplifted arm is broken.
		Job 38:16 ¶ "Have you entered and explored the springs of the sea Or [have you] walked in the recesses of the deep?
		Job 38:17 "Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
		Job 38:18 "Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.
		Job 38:19 ¶ "Where is the way where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its place,
		Job 38:20 That you may take it to its territory And that you may know the paths to its house?
		Job 38:21 "You [must] know, since you were born then, And because you are so extremely old!
		Job 38:22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
		Job 38:23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war? [Ex 9:18; Josh 10:11; Is 30:30; Rev 16:21]
		Job 38:24 "Where is the way that the light is distributed, Or the east wind scattered over the earth?
		Job 38:25 ¶ "Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain and for the flood, Or a path for the thunderbolt,
		Job 38:26 To bring rain on the uninhabited land, And on the desert where no man lives,
		Job 38:27 To satisfy the barren and desolate ground And to make the seeds of grass to sprout?
		Job 38:28 "Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew?
		Job 38:29 "Out of whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
		Job 38:30 "Water becomes like stone [and hides itself], And the surface of the deep is frozen and imprisoned.
		Job 38:31 ¶ "Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades, Or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?
		Job 38:32 "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide [the stars of] the Bear with her sons?
		Job 38:33 "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or [can you] establish their rule over the earth?
		Job 38:34 ¶ "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you?
		Job 38:35 "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'?
		Job 38:36 "Who has put wisdom in the innermost being [of man, or in the layers of clouds] Or given understanding to the mind [of man, or to the heavenly display]?
		Job 38:37 "Who can count the clouds by [earthly] wisdom, Or pour out the water jars of the heavens,
		Job 38:38 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together [because of the heat]?
		Job 38:39 ¶ "Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions
		Job 38:40 When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair?
		Job 38:41 "Who provides prey for the raven When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

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