Job 37

af-lezot yekherad libbi veyittar mimmeqomo

Because of this, too, my heart quakes, And leaps from its place.

shimu shamoa berogez qolo vehegeh mippiv yetse

Just listen to the noise of the rumbling, To the sound that comes out of God’s mouth.

takhat-kol-hashamayim yishrehu ve'oro al-kanfot ha'arets

It is let loose beneath the entire heavens— God’s lightning, to the ends of the earth.

akharayw yishag-qol yarem beqol ge'ono velo ye'aqqevem ki-yishama qolo

After it, a roar is released— Thundered in God’s majestic voice. No one can find a trace of it by the time God’s voice is heard.

yarem el beqolo nifla'ot oseh gedolot velo neda

Thundering marvelously with that voice, [God] works wonders that we cannot understand.

ki lasheleg yomar heve-arets vegeshem matar vegeshem mitrot uzzo

The snow is commanded, “Fall to the ground!” And the downpour of rain, God’s mighty downpour of rain,

beyad-kol-adam yakhtom lada'at kol-anshe ma'asehu

Is as a sign on everyone’s hand, That all may know God’s doings.

vattavo khayyah vemo-arev uvimonoteha tishkon

Then the beast enters its lair, And remains in its den.

min-hakheder tavo sufah umimmezarim qarah

The storm wind comes from its chamber, And the cold from the constellations.

minnishmat-el yitten-qarakh verokhav mayim bemutsaq

By the breath of God ice is formed, And the expanse of water becomes solid.

af-beri yatriakh av yafits anan oro

[God] also loads the clouds with moisture And scatters the lightning-clouds.

vehu mesibbot mithappekh betakhbulotav lefo'olam kol asher yetsavvem al-pene tevel aretsah

Turning and overturning events via stratagems, That they might accomplish all God’s commands Throughout the inhabited earth,

im-leshevet im-le'artso im-lekhesed yamtsi'ehu

[God] causes each of them to happen to the land, Whether as a scourge or as a blessing.

ha'azinah zot iyyov amod vehitbonen nifle'ot el

Give ear to this, Job; Stop to consider the marvels of God.

hateda besum-eloah alehem vehofia or anano

Do you know what charge God lays upon them By making the lightning-clouds shine?

hateda al-miflese-av mifle'ot temim de'im

Do you know the marvels worked upon the expanse of clouds By the One whose understanding is perfect,

asher-begadekha khammim behashqit erets middarom

Why your clothes become hot When the land is becalmed by the south wind?

tarqia immo lishkhaqim khazaqim kiri mutsaq

Can you help to stretch out the heavens, Firm as a mirror of cast metal?

hodi'enu mah-nnomar lo lo-na'arokh mippene-khoshekh

Inform us, then, what we may say to [God]; We cannot argue because [we are in] darkness.

hayesuppar-lo ki adabber im-amar ish ki yevulla

Is anything conveyed when I speak? Can a person say anything while confused?

ve'attah lo-ra'u or bahir hu bashekhaqim veruakh averah vattetaharem

Now, then, one cannot see the sun, Though it be bright in the heavens, Until the wind comes and clears them [of clouds].

mitsafon zahav ye'eteh al-eloah nora hod

By the north wind the golden rays emerge; The splendor about God is awesome.

shadday lo-metsanuhu saggi-khoakh umishpat verov-tsedaqah lo ye'anneh

Shaddai—to whom we cannot attain— Is great in power and justice And abundant in righteousness, and does not torment.

lakhen yere'uhu anashim lo-yireh kol-khakhme-lev

Therefore, humankind is in awe of the One Whom none of the wise can perceive.