The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?’

he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea;

It is higher than the heavens – what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?

If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.’

By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed.

Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you!

Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it,

Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven,

“But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.

so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

“Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are!

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.