Job chapter 40.

And the Lord said to Job,

Shall a fault finder contend with the Almighty?

He who argues with God, let him answer it.

Job promises silence.

Then Job answered the Lord and said,

Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you?

I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer, twice, but I will proceed

no further. The Lord challenges Job.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said,

"'Dress for action like a man, I will question you, and you make it known to me.

Will you even put me in the wrong?

Will you condemn me that you may be in the right?

Have you an arm like God and can you thunder with a voice like his? Adorn yourself with majesty and dignity, clothe yourself with glory and

splendor, pour out the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him.

Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low and tread down the wicked where they stand. Hide them all in the dust together, bind their

faces in the world below. Then will I also acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. Behold behemoth,

which I made as I made you, he eats grass like an ox. Behold, his strength and his loins,

and his power in the muscles of his belly. He makes his tail stiff like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are

knit together. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron. He is the first of the works of

God, let him who made him bring near his sword. For the mountains yield food for him where all the wild beasts play.

Under the lotus plants he lies, in the shelter of the reeds, and in the marsh. For his shade,

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