37:1 At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place.

37:2 Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth.

37:3 Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

37:4 After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

37:5 God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

• Refer to God’s Ways Higher Than Our Ways

37:6 For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

37:7 He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

37:8 The animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain.

37:9 A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds.

37:10 The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid.

37:11 He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds.

37:12 The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

• Refer to Wisdom

37:13 Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark.

37:14 “Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

37:15 Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

37:16 Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge?

37:17 You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind,

37:18 will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?