2  “Dominion and fear are with God;¹

he makes peace in his high heaven.

3  Is there any number to his ^parmies?

Upon whom does his ^qlight not arise?

4  How then can man be ^rin the right before God?

How can he who is ^sborn of woman be ^tpure?

5  Behold, even the moon is not bright,

and the stars are not pure in his eyes;

6  ^uhow much less man, who is ^va maggot,

and ^wthe son of man, who is a worm!”

2  “How you have ^xhelped him who has no power!

How you have saved ^ythe arm that has no strength!

3  How you have ^zcounseled him who has no wisdom,

and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

4  With whose help have you uttered words,

and whose breath ^ahas come out from you?

5  The ^bdead tremble

under the waters and their inhabitants.

6  Sheol is ^cnaked before God,²

and ^dAbaddon has no covering.

7  He ^estretches out the north over ^fthe void

and hangs the earth on nothing.

8  He ^gbinds up the waters in his thick clouds,

and the cloud is not split open under them.

9  He covers the face of the full moon³

and ^hspreads over it his cloud.

10  He has inscribed ⁱa circle on the face of the waters

at the boundary between light and darkness.

11  ^jThe pillars of heaven tremble

and are astounded at his ^krebuke.

12  By his power he ^lstilled the sea;

by his understanding he shattered ^mRahab.

13  ⁿBy his wind the heavens were made fair;

his hand pierced ^othe fleeing serpent.

14  Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ^pways,

and how small ^qa whisper do we hear of him!

But the thunder of his power who can understand?”