8. and they force animalsto seek shelter.
9. The storms of winter strike,
10. and the breath of Godfreezes streams and rivers.
11. Rain clouds filled with lightningappear at God's command,
12. travelling across the sky
13. to release their cargo—sometimes as punishment for sin,sometimes as kindness.
14. Job, consider carefullythe many wonders of God.
15. Can you explain why lightningflashes at the orders
16. of God who knows all things?Or how he hangs the cloudsin empty space?
17. You almost melt in the heatof fierce desert windswhen the sky is like brass.