25. Who cuts a channel for the flood, and a path for the thunderstorm,
26. to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert with no one in it,
27. to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and cause it to sprout grass?
28. Does the rain have a father, or who has birthed the drops of dew?
29. From whose womb comes the ice? Who gives birth to the frost of heaven,
30. when the waters hide like stone, and the surface of the deep is frozen?
31. “Can you bind the chains of Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?
32. Do you bring out the constellations in their season or guide the Bear with her cubs?
33. Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set up dominion over the earth?
34. “Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with an abundance of water?
35. Can you send out lightning bolts, so they go? Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?
36. Who put wisdom in the secret place or gave understanding to the mind?
37. Who can count the clouds by wisdom, or tip over the water jars of heaven,
38. when dust hardens into a mass and clods of earth stick together?
39. “Do you hunt prey for the lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions,
40. when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?
41. Who arranges provision for the raven, when its young cry out to God, and wander about for lack of food?