he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars;

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud?

I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil.

With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target.

At the sound of the trumpet, it says, ‘Aha!’ And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.