and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here
shall thy proud waves be stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since
thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; that it might
take hold of the ends of the earth that the wicked might be shaken out
of it? It is changed as clay under the seal; and all things stand
forth as a garment; and from the wicked their light is withholden, and
the high arm shall be broken. Hast thou entered into the springs of
the sea? Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Where is the
way where light dwelleth? And as for darkness, where is the place
thereof? Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? By what
way is the light parted, or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning
of the thunder? Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops
of dew? Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion? Canst thou lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their
seasons? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Knowest thou the
ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
that abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send forth
lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? Who
provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and
wander for lack of meat? But seeing thou canst not understand these
things, and they are too high for thee, canst thou understand some
little things, and answer some trivial questions I will put to thee?
Knowest thou the secret of the wild goat or the wild ass on the desert?
or the wild ox? or the ostrich that scorneth the horse and his rider?
or the horse, hast thou given him strength? for he paweth in the
valley, and leaps as a locust, and rejoiceth in his strength, and goeth
out to meet the armed men; he mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed,
neither turneth his back from the sword; he smelleth the battle afar
off. Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward
the south? Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest
on high? And behemoth, what of him? His limbs are like bars of iron;
he is confident, though Jordan swell even to his mouth. Or leviathan,
what canst thou do with him, and what knowest thou of him? In his neck
abideth strength; his breath kindleth coals; his heart is as firm as a
stone; he counteth iron as straw, an