Job Chapter 26
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Job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God.
26:1. Then Job answered, and said:
26:2. Whose helper art thou? is it of him that is weak? and dost thou hold up the arm of him that has no strength?
26:3. To whom hast thou given counsel? perhaps to him that hath no wisdom, and thou hast shewn thy very great prudence.
26:4. Whom hast thou desired to teach? was it not him that made life?
26:5. Behold the giants groan under the waters, and they that dwell with them.
26:6. Hell is naked before him, and there is no covering for destruction.
26:7. He stretched out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
26:8. He bindeth up the waters in his clouds, so that they break not out and fall down together.
26:9. He withholdeth the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud over it.
26:10. He hath set bounds about the waters, till light and darkness come to an end.
26:11. The pillars of heaven tremble, and dread at his beck.
26:12. By his power the seas are suddenly gathered together, and his wisdom has struck the proud one.
26:13. His spirit hath adorned the heavens, and his obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.
His obstetric hand brought forth the winding serpent.... That is, the omnipotent power of God: which brought forth all things created in time, but conceived in the Divine mind from all eternity. The winding serpent, a constellation of fixed stars winding round the north pole, called Draco. This appears from the foregoing part of the same verse, His spirit hath adorned the heavens.
26:14. Lo, these things are said in part of his ways: and seeing we have heard scarce a little drop of his word, who shall be able to behold the thunder of his greatness?