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“At this my heart also pounds
and leaps from its place.
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Listen closely to the thunder of His voice
and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
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He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
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Then there comes a roaring sound;
He thunders with His majestic voice.
He does not restrain the lightning
when His voice resounds.
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God thunders wondrously with His voice;
He does great things we cannot comprehend.
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For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’
and to the gentle rain, ‘Pour out a mighty downpour.’
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He seals up the hand of every man,
so that all men may know His work.
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The wild animals enter their lairs;
they settle down in their dens.
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The tempest comes from its chamber,
and the cold from the driving north winds.
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By the breath of God the ice is formed
and the watery expanses are frozen.
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He loads the clouds with moisture;
He scatters His lightning through them.
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They swirl about,
whirling at His direction,
accomplishing all that He commands
over the face of all the earth.
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Whether for punishment or for His land,
He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.