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The netherworld[a] is laid bare before him,
    and Abaddon lies uncovered.
“He stretches out the North[b] above the void
    and suspends the earth on nothingness.
He encloses the waters in dense clouds,
    yet the clouds are not torn asunder under their weight.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Netherworld: see note on Ps 6:6. Abaddon: a Hebrew word meaning “a place of destruction,” which was used as another word for the netherworld (see Job 28:22; Rev 9:11).
  2. Job 26:7 The North: another word for the firmament (see note on Ps 48:3).