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Who has assigned Him His way, Or who has said, "You have done wrong'?

"Remember to magnify His work, Of which men have sung.

"Behold, God is great, and we do not know Him; Nor can the number of His years be discovered.

Indeed, can anyone understand the spreading of clouds, The thunder from His canopy?

Look, He scatters His light upon it, And covers the depths of the sea.

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

His thunder declares it, The cattle also, concerning the rising storm.

Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

He sends it forth under the whole heaven, His lightning to the ends of the earth.

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

God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

For He says to the snow, "Fall on the earth'; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

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

Also with moisture He saturates the thick clouds; He scatters His bright clouds.

And they swirl about, being turned by His guidance,That they may do whatever He commands themOn the face of the whole earth. [fn]

He causes it to come, Whether for correction, Or for His land, Or for mercy.

Do you know when God dispatches them, And causes the light of His cloud to shine?

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?

The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searches after every green thing.

Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?