² “You are no help to the ·helpless [powerless]!
    You have not ·aided [rescued] the ·weak [^Lweak armed]!
³ ·Your advice lacks wisdom [or You have brought no counsel to those without wisdom]!
    You have shown little understanding!
⁴ ·Who has helped you say these words [^LWhose words do you speak]?
    And ·where did you get these ideas [^Lwhose breath comes from you]?

⁵ “The ·spirits of the dead [shades; ^LRephaim; ^Cdeparted ancestors] tremble,
    ·those who are beneath and in the waters [^Lthe waters and their inhabitants are terrified; ^Csymbol for the forces of evil].
⁶ ·Death [^LThe grave; Sheol] ·is naked [lies exposed] before God;
    ·destruction [Abaddon; ^Cthe underworld] is uncovered before him [^CGod is in control of them].
⁷ God stretches ·the northern sky [or Zaphon; ^Ca reference to Baal’s mountain; indicating God’s control over it] out over empty space
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
⁸ He wraps up the waters in his thick clouds,
    but the clouds do not ·break under their weight [^Lburst under them].
⁹ He covers the face of the ·moon [or throne],
    spreading his clouds over it.
¹⁰ He draws the horizon like a circle on the water
    at the place where light and darkness meet.
¹¹ ·Heaven’s foundations [^LThe pillars of heavens; ^Cperhaps mountains] ·shake [quake]
    ·when he thunders at them [^Lastounded by his rebuke/blast].
¹² With his power he ·quiets [stills] the ·sea [or Sea; ^Cthe powers of chaos];
    by his ·wisdom [understanding] he ·destroys [struck] Rahab, the sea monster [9:13].
¹³ He breathes, and ·the sky clears [^Lhe makes the heavens beautiful].
    His hand ·stabs [slays] the fleeing ·snake [serpent; ^CLeviathan, another sea monster representing chaos; 3:8; Is. 27:1].
¹⁴ And these are ·only a small part of God’s works [^Lfringes of his way].
    We only hear a small whisper of him.
Who could understand God’s thundering power?”