1. Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
2. ‘Who is this that obscures my planswith words without knowledge?
3. Brace yourself like a man;I will question you,and you shall answer me.
4. ‘Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?Tell me, if you understand.
5. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6. On what were its footings set,or who laid its cornerstone –
7. while the morning stars sang togetherand all the angels shouted for joy?
8. ‘Who shut up the sea behind doorswhen it burst forth from the womb,
9. when I made the clouds its garmentand wrapped it in thick darkness,