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Rh :Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow,
 * Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail,
 * Which I have reserved against the time of trouble,
 * Against the day of battle and war?


 * By what way is the light parted,
 * Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
 * Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood,
 * Or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
 * To cause it to rain on a land where no man is,
 * On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
 * To satisfy the desolate and waste ground,
 * And to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
 * Hath the rain a father?
 * Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
 * Out of whose womb came the ice?
 * And the hoar-frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
 * The waters are congealed like stone,
 * And the face of the deep is frozen.


 * Canst thou bind the chains of the Pleiades,
 * Or loose the bands of Orion?
 * Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season?
 * Or canst thou guide the Bear with her sons?
 * Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens?
 * Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?
 * Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds,
 * That abundance of waters may cover thee?
 * Canst thou send forth lightnings, that they may go,
 * And say unto thee: 'Here we are'?


 * Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts?
 * Or who hath given understanding to the mind?
 * Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
 * Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven,
 * When the dust runneth into a mass,
 * And the clods cleave fast together?


 * Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lioness?
 * Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
 * When they couch in their dens,
 * And abide in the covert to lie in wait?
 * Who provideth for the raven his prey,
 * When his young ones cry unto God, and wander for lack of food?
 * Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth?
 * Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
 * Canst thou number the months that they fulfil?
 * Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
 * They bow themselves, they bring forth their young,
 * They cast out their fruit.
 * Their young ones wax strong, they grow up in the open field;
 * They go forth, and return not again.


 * Who hath sent out the wild ass free?