6. He shakes the earth from its placeso that its pillars tremble.
7. He commands the sun not to shineand seals off the stars.
8. He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.
9. He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.
10. He does great and unsearchable things,wonders without number.
11. If He passes by me, I wouldn’t see Him; if He goes right by, I wouldn’t recognize Him.
12. If He snatches something, who can stop Him?Who can ask Him, “What are You doing? ”
13. God does not hold back His anger;Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!
14. How then can I answer Himor choose my arguments against Him?
15. Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
16. If I summoned Him and He answered me,I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.
17. He batters me with a whirlwind and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18. He doesn’t let me catch my breathbut soaks me with bitter experiences.
19. If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
20. Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
21. Though I am blameless,I no longer care about myself;I renounce my life.
22. It is all the same. Therefore I say,“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
23. When disaster brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24. The earth is handed over to the wicked;He blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t He, then who is it?