37 “When I hear the thunder, my heart pounds.
    It beats faster inside me.
² Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice!
    Listen to the thunder that comes from him!
³ He sends his lightning across the sky.
    It reaches from one end of the earth to the other.
⁴ Next comes the sound of his roaring thunder.
    He thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice fills the air,
    he doesn’t hold anything back.
⁵ God’s voice thunders in wonderful ways.
    We’ll never understand the great things he does.
⁶ He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth.’
    He tells the rain, ‘Pour down your mighty waters.’
⁷ He stops everyone from working.
    He wants them to see his work.
⁸ The animals go inside.
    They remain in their dens.
⁹ The storm comes out of its storeroom in the heavens.
    The cold comes from the driving winds.
¹⁰ The breath of God produces ice.
    The shallow water freezes over.
¹¹ He loads the clouds with moisture.
    He scatters his lightning through them.
¹² He directs the clouds to circle
    above the surface of the whole earth.
    They do everything he commands them to do.
¹³ He tells the clouds to punish people.
    Or he brings them to water his earth and show his love.

¹⁴ “Job, listen to me.
    Stop and think about the wonderful things God does.
¹⁵ Do you know how he controls the clouds?
    Do you understand how he makes his lightning flash?
¹⁶ Do you know how the clouds stay up in the sky?
    Do you understand the wonders of the God who has perfect knowledge?
¹⁷ Even your clothes are too hot for you
    when the land lies quiet under the south wind.
¹⁸ Can you help God spread out the skies?
    They are as hard as a mirror
    that’s made out of bronze.

¹⁹ “Job, tell us what we should say to God.
    We can’t prepare our case
    because our minds are dark.
²⁰ Should he be told that I want to speak?
    Would anyone ask to be destroyed by him?
²¹ No one can look at the sun.
    It’s too bright after the wind has swept the skies clean.
²² Out of the north, God comes in his shining glory.
    He comes in all his wonderful majesty.
²³ We can’t reach up to the Mighty One.
    He is lifted high because of his power.
Everything he does is fair and right.
    So he doesn’t crush people.
²⁴ That’s why they have respect for him.
    He cares about all those who are wise.”