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Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:
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What sovereignty, what awe, is his who creates peace on his heights!
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Who can count his armies? Against whom does his lightning not surge forth?
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Could anyone think God regards him as virtuous, the child of woman as pure!
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Why, the very moon lacks lustre, the very stars seem impure to him! The Shadows tremble underneath the earth, the waters and their denizens are afraid.
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How much less a human, this maggot, the child of man, this worm! Before his eyes, Sheol is bare, Perdition itself is uncovered.
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He it was who spread the North above the void and poised the earth on nothingness.
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He fastens up the waters in his clouds, without the clouds giving way under their weight.
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He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his cloud across it.
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He has traced a ring on the surface of the waters, at the boundary between light and dark.
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The pillars of the heavens tremble, awe-struck at his threats.
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By his power, he has whipped up the Sea, by his skill, he has crushed Rahab.
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His breath has made the heavens luminous, his hand transfixed the Fleeing Serpent.
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This is only a fraction of what he has done and all we catch of it is the feeblest echo. But who can conceive the thunder of his power?
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