17 No, you can only suffer in the heatwhen the south wind oppresses the land.
18 Can you help God stretch out the skyand make it as hard as polished metal?
19 Teach us what to say to God;our minds are blank; we have nothing to say.
20 I won't ask to speak with God;why should I give him a chance to destroy me?
21 And now the light in the sky is dazzling,too bright for us to look at it;and the sky has been swept clean by the wind.
22 A golden glow is seen in the north,and the glory of God fills us with awe.
23 God's power is so great that we cannot come near him;he is righteous and just in his dealings with us.