1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
2. “Who is this who darkens counselby words without knowledge?
3. Prepare yourself like a man;for I will question you,and you shall answer Me.
4. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?Declare, if you have understanding.
5. Who has determined its measurements, if you know?Or who has stretched the line upon it?
6. To what are its foundations fastened?Or who laid its cornerstone
7. when the morning stars sang together,and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8. “Or who shut up the sea with doorswhen it broke forth and went out of the womb?
9. When I made the cloud its garment,and thick darkness its swaddling band,
10. and broke up for it My decreed place,and set bars and doors,