1. “At the sound of his thunder, my heart poundsas if it will jump out of my chest.
2. Listen! Listen to the thunder of God’s voiceand to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
3. He turns his lightning loose under the whole skyand sends it to the farthest parts of the earth.
4. After that you can hear the roarwhen he thunders with a great sound.He does not hold back the flashingwhen his voice is heard.
5. God’s voice thunders in wonderful ways;he does great things we cannot understand.
6. He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’and to the shower, ‘Be a heavy rain.’
7. With it, he stops everyone from workingso everyone knows it is the work of God.
8. The animals take cover from the rainand stay in their dens.
9. The storm comes from where it was stored;the cold comes with the strong winds.
10. The breath of God makes ice,and the wide waters become frozen.
11. He fills the clouds with waterand scatters his lightning through them.
12. At his command they swirl aroundover the whole earth,doing whatever he commands.
13. He uses the clouds to punish peopleor to water his earth and show his love.
14. “Job, listen to this:Stop and notice God’s miracles.
15. Do you know how God controls the cloudsand makes his lightning flash?
16. Do you know how the clouds hang in the sky?Do you know the miracles of God, who knows everything?
17. You suffer in your clotheswhen the land is silenced by the hot, south wind.
18. You cannot stretch out the sky like Godand make it look as hard as polished bronze.
19. Tell us what we should say to him;we cannot get our arguments ready because we do not have enough understanding.
20. Should God be told that I want to speak?Would a person ask to be swallowed up?
21. No one can look at the sunwhen it is bright in the skyafter the wind has blown all the clouds away.
22. God comes out of the north in golden light,in overwhelming greatness.
23. The Almighty is too high for us to reach.He has great strength;he is always right and never punishes unfairly.
24. That is why people honor him;he does not respect those who say they are wise.”