1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:
2. “Who is this who darkens counselwith words without knowledge?
3. Get ready for a difficult task like a man;I will question youand you will inform me!
4. “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?Tell me, if you possess understanding!
5. Who set its measurements – if you know – or who stretched a measuring line across it?
6. On what were its bases set,or who laid its cornerstone –
7. when the morning stars sang in chorus,and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
8. “Who shut up the sea with doorswhen it burst forth, coming out of the womb,