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JOB
- Or loose the bands of Orion?
- Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
- Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
- Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven?
- Canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?
- Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
- That abundance of waters may cover thee?
- Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go,
- And say unto thee, Here we are?
- Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
- Or who hath given understanding to the heart?
- Who can number the clouds in wisdom?
- Or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
- When the dust groweth into hardness,
- And the clods cleave fast together?
- Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?
- Or fill the appetite of the young lions,
- When they couch in their dens,
- And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
- Who provideth for the raven his food?
- When his young ones cry unto God,
- They wander for lack of meat.
- Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
- Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
- Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?
- Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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