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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 By words without knowledge?
		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 have understanding,
		Job 38:5 Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it?
		Job 38:6 "On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,
		Job 38:7 When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy?
		Job 38:8 ¶ "Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;
		Job 38:9 When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band,
		Job 38:10 And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors,
		Job 38:11 And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'?
		Job 38:12 ¶ "Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place,
		Job 38:13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?
		Job 38:14 "It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment.
		Job 38:15 "From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken.
		Job 38:16 ¶ "Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or 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 to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place,
		Job 38:20 That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home?
		Job 38:21 "You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great!
		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 distress, For the day of war and battle?
		Job 38:24 "Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth?
		Job 38:25 ¶ "Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt,
		Job 38:26 To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it,
		Job 38:27 To satisfy the waste and desolate land 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 "From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?
		Job 38:30 "Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.
		Job 38:31 ¶ "Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion?
		Job 38:32 "Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites?
		Job 38:33 "Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix 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 Or given understanding to the mind?
		Job 38:37 "Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens,
		Job 38:38 When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together?
		Job 38:39 ¶ "Can you 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 prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food?

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