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"Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'You have done wrong'?

"Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung.

"Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable.

"Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion?

"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea.

"He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

"Its noise declares His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

"Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

"Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

"After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

"God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.

"He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work.

"Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

"It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth.

"Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

"Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?

To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place?

"He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing.

"Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

"When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider.