“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.

Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thundering of His pavilion?

“Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.

He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.

“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

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He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.

Thick clouds

And the cloud

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Bindeth up

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thundering of His pavilion?
When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,
Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”
He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
Who makes lightnings for the rain,
Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
Who has ascended into heaven and descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has wrapped the waters in His garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name or His son’s name?
Surely you know!
When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,
And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain,
And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

Thick clouds

“Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.
He rode upon a cherub and flew;
And He sped upon the wings of the wind.

And the cloud

“I will lay it waste;
It will not be pruned or hoed,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”

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