1 Then Job answered:
2 “You are no help to the helpless!You have not aided the weak!
3 Your advice lacks wisdom!You have shown little understanding!
4 Who has helped you say these words?And where did you get these ideas?
5 “The spirits of the dead tremble,those who are beneath and in the waters.
6 Death is naked before God;destruction is uncovered before him.
7 God stretches the northern sky out over empty spaceand hangs the earth on nothing.
8 He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds,but the clouds do not break under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the moon,spreading his clouds over it.
10 He draws the horizon like a circle on the waterat the place where light and darkness meet.
11 Heaven’s foundations shakewhen he thunders at them.
12 With his power he quiets the sea;by his wisdom he destroys Rahab, the sea monster.
13 He breathes, and the sky clears.His hand stabs the fleeing snake.
14 And these are only a small part of God’s works.We only hear a small whisper of him.Who could understand God’s thundering power?”