## Job Places His Hand over His Mouth ###### 1 Then Yahweh answered Job and said, ###### 2 "Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it." ###### 3 Then Job answered Yahweh and said, ###### 4 "Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You? I place my hand over my mouth. ###### 5 Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more." ## Yahweh Will Ask Job ###### 6 Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, ###### 7 "Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you make Me know. ###### 8 Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? ###### 9 Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His? ###### 10 "Adorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness, And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. ###### 11 Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low. ###### 12 Look on everyone who is proud, _and_ humble him, And tread down the wicked in their place. ###### 13 Hide them in the dust together; Bind their faces in the hidden _place_. ###### 14 Then I will also praise you, That your own right hand can save you. ## Behold the Behemoth ###### 15 "Behold now, Behemoth, which I made along with you; It eats grass like an ox. ###### 16 Behold now, its power in its loins And its vigor in the muscles of its belly. ###### 17 It hangs its tail like a cedar; The sinews of its thighs are knit together. ###### 18 Its bones are tubes of bronze; Its limbs are like bars of iron. ###### 19 "It is the first of the ways of God; Let its Maker bring near its sword. ###### 20 Surely the mountains bring it food, And all the beasts of the field play there. ###### 21 Under the lotus plants it lies down, In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh. ###### 22 The lotus plants cover it with shade; The willows of the brook surround it. ###### 23 If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed; It is secure, though the Jordan bursts forth to its mouth. ###### 24 Can anyone capture it before its eyes, With snares can anyone pierce _its_ nose?