Study Desk

Don't wish for the night when people are taken from their homes.

No one has planned his ways for him; no one can say to God, ‘You have done wrong.'

The Almighty is too high for us to reach. He has great strength; he is always right and never punishes unfairly.

when I made the clouds like a coat for the sea and wrapped it in dark clouds,

"Have you ever gone into the storehouse of the snow or seen the storehouses for hail,

which I save for times of trouble, for days of war and battle?

Who cuts a waterway for the heavy rains and sets a path for the thunderstorm?

"Do you hunt food for the female lion to satisfy the hunger of the young lions

Do you count the months until they give birth and know the right time for them to give birth?

It roams the hills looking for pasture, looking for anything green to eat.

Can you hold it to the plowed row with a harness so it will plow the valleys for you?

Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength and leave your heavy work for it to do?

The ostrich is cruel to its young, as if they were not even its own. It does not care that its work is for nothing,

From there it looks for its food; its eyes can see it from far away.

The hills, where the wild animals play, provide food for it.

Will it keep begging you for mercy and speak to you with gentle words?

Will it make an agreement with you and let you take it as your slave for life?

Can you make a pet of Leviathan as you would a bird or put it on a leash for your girls?

Will traders try to bargain with you for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

You asked, ‘Who is this that made my purpose unclear by saying things that are not true?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand; I talked of things too wonderful for me to know.