10  ^q“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven

and do not return there but water the earth,

making it bring forth and sprout,

^rgiving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,

11  so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;

it shall not return to me empty,

but ^sit shall accomplish that which I purpose,

and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.

2  “Shall a faultfinder ^ycontend with the Almighty?

He who argues with God, let him answer it.”

4  “Behold, I am ^zof small account; what shall I answer you?

^aI lay my hand on my mouth.

5  I have spoken ^bonce, and I will not answer;

^btwice, but I will proceed no further.”

7  ^d“Dress for action¹ like a man;

^eI will question you, and you make it known to me.

8  Will you even put me in the wrong?

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

9  Have you ^gan arm like God,

and can you thunder with ^ha voice like his?

1  Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings,¹

^cascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

2  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

worship the Lord in ^dthe splendor of holiness.²

3  The voice of the Lord is over ^ethe waters;

the God of glory ^fthunders,

the Lord, over many waters.

4  The voice of the Lord is ^gpowerful;

the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

5  The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;

the Lord breaks ^hthe cedars of Lebanon.

6  He makes Lebanon to ⁱskip like a calf,

and ^jSirion like a young ^kwild ox.

7  The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.

8  The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness;

the Lord shakes the wilderness of ^lKadesh.

9  The voice of the Lord makes ^mthe deer give birth³

and strips the forests bare,

and in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

10  The Lord sits enthroned over ⁿthe flood;

the Lord sits enthroned ^oas king forever.

11  May the Lord give ^pstrength to his people!

May the Lord bless⁴ his people with ^qpeace!