⁹ He performs wonders^(A) that cannot be fathomed,^(B)
    miracles that cannot be counted.^(C)
10 He provides rain for the earth;^(D)
    he sends water on the countryside.^(E)
11 The lowly he sets on high,^(F)
    and those who mourn^(G) are lifted^(H) to safety.
¹² He thwarts the plans^(I) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.^(J)
13 He catches the wise^(K) in their craftiness,^(L)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.^(M)
14 Darkness^(N) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.^(O)
15 He saves the needy^(P) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.^(Q)
16 So the poor^(R) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.^(S)

⁵ God’s voice thunders^(A) in marvelous ways;^(B)
    he does great things beyond our understanding.^(C)
6 He says to the snow,^(D) ‘Fall on the earth,’
    and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’^(E)
7 So that everyone he has made may know his work,^(F)
    he stops all people from their labor.^[a](G)
8 The animals take cover;^(H)
    they remain in their dens.^(I)
9 The tempest comes out from its chamber,^(J)
    the cold from the driving winds.^(K)
10 The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.^(L)
11 He loads the clouds with moisture;^(M)
    he scatters his lightning^(N) through them.^(O)
12 At his direction they swirl around
    over the face of the whole earth
    to do whatever he commands them.^(P)
13 He brings the clouds to punish people,^(Q)
    or to water his earth and show his love.^(R)

¹⁴ “Listen^(S) to this, Job;
    stop and consider God’s wonders.^(T)
15 Do you know how God controls the clouds
    and makes his lightning^(U) flash?^(V)
16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised,^(W)
    those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?^(X)
17 You who swelter in your clothes
    when the land lies hushed under the south wind,^(Y)
18 can you join him in spreading out the skies,^(Z)
    hard as a mirror of cast bronze?^(AA)

³¹ Let them give thanks^(A) to the Lord for his unfailing love^(B)
    and his wonderful deeds^(C) for mankind.
³² Let them exalt^(D) him in the assembly^(E) of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

³³ He turned rivers into a desert,^(F)
    flowing springs^(G) into thirsty ground,
³⁴ and fruitful land into a salt waste,^(H)
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
³⁵ He turned the desert into pools of water^(I)
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;^(J)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
³⁷ They sowed fields and planted vineyards^(K)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
³⁸ he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,^(L)
    and he did not let their herds diminish.^(M)

³⁹ Then their numbers decreased,^(N) and they were humbled^(O)
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
⁴⁰ he who pours contempt on nobles^(P)
    made them wander in a trackless waste.^(Q)
41 But he lifted the needy^(R) out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.^(S)
42 The upright see and rejoice,^(T)
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.^(U)

⁴³ Let the one who is wise^(V) heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds^(W) of the Lord.