“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?

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

“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

To whom I gave the wilderness for a home
And the salt land for his dwelling place?

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?

“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.