With clouds He covers the light, and commands it to strike the mark.
He covers the face of the full moon and spreads His cloud over it.
Also He loads the thick clouds with moisture; He scatters His bright clouds,
and they are turned about by His guidance, that they may do whatever He commands them upon the face of the inhabited earth.
Do you know when God dispatches them and causes the light of His cloud to shine?
Can you send lightning that they may go forth and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
It is He who causes the mist to ascend from the ends of the earth, who makes lightning for the rain, and brings forth the wind from His treasuries.
fire and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion surrounding Him was dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Then the channels of the sea were seen, the foundations of the world were uncovered at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was upon us, all hope that we should be saved was lost.