1. Then the lord said to Job,
2. “Do you still want to argue with the Almighty?You are God’s critic, but do you have the answers?”
3. Then Job replied to the lord,
4. “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?I will cover my mouth with my hand.
5. I have said too much already.I have nothing more to say.”
6. Then the lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
7. “Brace yourself like a man,because I have some questions for you,and you must answer them.
8. “Will you discredit my justiceand condemn me just to prove you are right?
9. Are you as strong as God?Can you thunder with a voice like his?
10. All right, put on your glory and splendor,your honor and majesty.
11. Give vent to your anger.Let it overflow against the proud.
12. Humiliate the proud with a glance;walk on the wicked where they stand.
13. Bury them in the dust.Imprison them in the world of the dead.
14. Then even I would praise you,for your own strength would save you.
15. “Take a look at Behemoth,which I made, just as I made you.It eats grass like an ox.
16. See its powerful loinsand the muscles of its belly.