JOB 38 : v 4-7 (GOD IS SPEAKING) Can you answer the questions I ask? How did I lay the foundation for the earth? Were you there? Doubtless you know who decided its length and width. What supports the foundation? Who placed the cornerstone, while morning stars sang, and angels rejoiced?

8 When the ocean was born, I set its boundaries and wrapped it in blankets of thickest fog. Then I built a wall around it, locked the gates, and said, "Your powerful waves stop here! They can go no farther."

12 Did you ever tell the sun to rise? And did it obey? 18 And how large is the earth? Tell me, if you know! 19 Where is the home of light, and where does darkness live?

24 From where does lightning leap, or the east wind blow? 25 Who carves out a path for thunderstorms? 34 Can you order the clouds to send a downpour, 35 or will lightning flash at your command?

Who gives birth to the sleet and the frost that fall in winter, when streams and lakes freeze solid as a rock? T

31 Can you arrange stars in groups such as Orion and the Pleiades? Do you control the stars or set in place the Plough and the Little Bear?

33 Do you know the laws that govern the heavens, and can you make them rule the earth?

39 When lions are hungry, do you help them hunt? 40 Do you send an animal into their den?

41 And when starving young ravens cry out to me for food, do you satisfy their hunger?

19 Did you give horses their strength and the flowing hair along their necks? 20 Did you make them able to jump like grasshoppers or to frighten people with their snorting?

26 Did you teach birds to fly south for the winter?

27 Did you train eagles to build their nests on rocky cliffs, 29 where they can look down to spot their next meal? 30 Then their young gather to feast wherever the victim lies. T

Then Job replied to the LORD : Then Job replied to the LORD : "I know that YOU can do all things; "I know that YOU can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted. no plan of yours can be thwarted.