1. THEN JOB answered and said,
2. Yes, I know it is true. But how can mortal man be right before God?
3. If one should want to contend with Him, he cannot answer one [of His questions] in a thousand.
4. [God] is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has [ever] hardened himself against Him and prospered or even been safe?
5. [God] Who removes the mountains, and they know it not when He overturns them in His anger;
6. Who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble;
7. Who commands the sun, and it rises not; Who seals up the stars [from view];
8. Who alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the waves and high places of the sea;