YAHWEH Answers Job

 "Then YAHWEH answered Job out of the storm:

Who shut the sea behind closed doors

when it burst forth from the womb,

when I made the clouds its garment

and thick darkness its swaddling clothes;

when I set its limits

with doors and bars in place,

when I said, 'You will not go beyond these bounds;

here is where your proud waves must halt?'"

- Job 38:1. 8-11

(YAHWEH answers Job from within the storm clouds, as on Mount Sinai.  HE does not explain or justify; rather HE does the questioning.  HE does not show off HIS own wisdom, but forces humans to admit that they do not know anything.

Here the author seems to be digressing somewhat from his theme.  Carried away by his admiration, he forgets that, first of all he intended to show us GOD exceeds our ability to understand and to judge.  What do our protests and scandals mean: "if GOD existed..."  They are mere childishness, idle words of those who have no idea of what the word "GOD" encompasses.  If the entire universe is just the expression or the irradiation of divine Wisdom, who will dare tell GOD that HIS way is not reasonable?)

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