God's Response from the Whirlwind and the Wonders of Creation (part 2)
Job 39:1-40:14
1Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock give birth? Do you observe when the doe labors?2Do you count the months until they are completed, and do you know the time when they give birth?3They crouch down; they bring forth their young; they send out their labor pains.4Their sons grow strong; they multiply in the open field; they go forth and do not return to them.5Who sent out the wild donkey free, and who loosened the bonds of the wild donkey?6I set the Arabah as his house, and his tabernacles in the saltiness.7He laughs at the tumult of the town; he does not hear the shouts of the oppressor.8He searches the mountain heights for his pasture, and after every green thing he seeks.9Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he lodge at your crib?10Will you bind the wild ox in the furrow with his cord? Will he harrow the valleys after you.11Will you trust in him because his strength is great, and will you leave your toil to him?12Will you be faithful to him that he will return your seed and gather it at your threshing floor?13The wing of the ostrich waves joyfully, whether it is the pinion and plumage of the stork.14For she leaves her eggs to the earth and warms them on the dust.15She forgets that a foot may crush them, and that an animal of the field may tread them.16She deals harshly with her sons as though they were not hers, laboring in vain without dread.17For God has caused her to forget wisdom and has not apportioned understanding to her.18At the time she flaps on high; she laughs at the horse and its rider.19Do you give might to the horse? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?20Do you cause him to shake like the locust? The splendor of his snorting is terror.21He paws in the valley and rejoices in strength; he goes out to meet the weapon.22He laughs at dread and is not dismayed, and he does not turn back from before the sword.23The quiver rattles upon him, the flashing spear and the javelin.24With quaking and turmoil he swallows the earth, and he does not believe it is the voice of the trumpet.25At the sufficiency of the trumpet he says, Aha! And from afar he smells the battle, the thunder of rulers and the shout.26Does the hawk fly by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?27Does the eagle mount up at your command and set his nest on high?28He dwells on the rock and lodges upon the crag of the rock and the stronghold.29From there he searches for food; his eyes look from afar.30His young suck up blood, and where the slain are, there he is.
Chapter 40
1Then the LORD answered Job and said,2Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Shall one who rebukes God answer him?3Then Job answered the LORD and said,4Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I have laid my hand upon my mouth.5I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, and I will add nothing more.6Then the LORD answered Job out of the tempest and said,7Gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you shall make me know.8Will you indeed break my justice? Will you condemn me that you may be justified?9Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?10Adorn yourself with pride and height, and clothe yourself with splendor and glory.11Scatter the fury of your anger, and look on every proud one and bring him low.12Look on every proud one and humble him, and tread down the wicked under them.13Hide them together in the dust; bind their faces in the hidden place.14Then I also will praise you, because your right hand saves you.