19-21 “Do you know where Light comes fromand where Darkness livesSo you can take them by the handand lead them home when they get lost?Why, of course you know that.You’ve known them all your life,grown up in the same neighborhood with them!
22-30 “Have you ever traveled to where snow is made,seen the vault where hail is stockpiled,The arsenals of hail and snow that I keep in readinessfor times of trouble and battle and war?Can you find your way to where lightning is launched,or to the place from which the wind blows?Who do you suppose carves canyonsfor the downpours of rain, and chartsthe route of thunderstormsThat bring water to unvisited fields,deserts no one ever lays eyes on,Drenching the useless wastelandsso they’re carpeted with wildflowers and grass?And who do you think is the father of rain and dew,the mother of ice and frost?You don’t for a minute imaginethese marvels of weather just happen, do you?
31-33 “Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters,or distract Orion from his hunt?Can you get Venus to look your way,or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play?Do you know the first thing about the sky’s constellationsand how they affect things on Earth?
34-35 “Can you get the attention of the clouds,and commission a shower of rain?Can you take charge of the lightning boltsand have them report to you for orders?
36-38 “Who do you think gave weather-wisdom to the ibis,and storm-savvy to the rooster?Does anyone know enough to number all the cloudsor tip over the rain barrels of heavenWhen the earth is cracked and dry,the ground baked hard as a brick?
39-41 “Can you teach the lioness to stalk her preyand satisfy the appetite of her cubsAs they crouch in their den,waiting hungrily in their cave?And who sets out food for the ravenswhen their young cry to God,fluttering about because they have no food?”