On Scripture: Job 38

Job 38:1-7, (34-41)

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

"Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Gird up your loins like a man,

     I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 

"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?

    Tell me, if you have understanding. 

Who determined its measurements-- surely you know!

    Or who stretched the line upon it? 

On what were its bases sunk,

    or who laid its cornerstone 

when the morning stars sang together

    and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?

"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,

    so that a flood of waters may cover you?

Can you send forth lightnings, so that they may go

    and say to you, `Here we are'?

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts,

    or given understanding to the mind?

Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?

    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,

when the dust runs into a mass

    and the clods cling together?

"Can you hunt the prey for the lion,

    or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

when they crouch in their dens,

    or lie in wait in their covert?

Who provides for the raven its prey,

    when its young ones cry to God,

    and wander about for lack of food?"