2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge

3 Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee and answer thou me

4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth declare if thou hast understanding

5 Who hath laid the measures thereof if thou knowest or who hath stretched the line upon it

6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened or who laid the corner stone thereof

7 When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy

8 Or who shut up the sea with doors when it brake forth as if it had issued out of the womb

9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it

10 And brake up for it my decreed place and set bars and doors

11 And said Hitherto __ shalt thou come but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed

12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days and caused the dayspring to know his place

13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out of it

14 It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a garment

15 And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high arm shall be broken

16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea or hast thou walked in the search of the depth

17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth declare if thou knowest it all

19 Where is the way where light dwelleth and as for darkness where is the place thereof

20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof

21 Knowest thou it because thou wast then born or because the number of thy days is great

22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail

23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble against the day of battle and war

24 By what way is the light parted which scattereth the east wind upon the earth

25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters or a way for the lightning of thunder

26 To cause it to rain on the earth where no man is on the wilderness wherein there is no man

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth

28 Hath the rain a father or who hath begotten the drops of dew

29 Out of whose womb came the ice and the hoary frost of heaven who hath gendered it

30 The waters are hid as with a stone and the face of the deep is frozen

31 Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance of waters may cover thee

35 Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto thee Here we are

36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts or who hath given understanding to the heart

37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom or who can stay the bottles of heaven

38 When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave fast together

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion or fill the appetite of the young lions

40 When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie in wait

41 Who provideth for the raven his food when his young ones cry unto God they wander for lack of meat