The 1st Reading for the 4th Sunday after Pentecost (Job 38:1-11)

Send us Fan MailJob 38:1-11Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:Who is this who obscures my counselwith ignorant words?Get ready to answer me like a man;when I question you, you will inform me.Where were you when I established the earth?Tell me, if you have understanding.Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!Who stretched a measuring line across it?What supports its foundations?Or who laid its cornerstonewhile the morning stars sang togetherand all the sons of God shouted for joy?Who enclosed the sea behind doorswhen it burst from the womb,when I made the clouds its garmentand total darkness its blanket,when I determined its boundariesand put its bars and doors in place,when I declared, “You may come this far, but no farther;your proud waves stop here”?O God of creation, eternal majesty, you preside over land and sea, sunshine and storm. By your strength pilot us, by your power preserve us, by your wisdom instruct us, and by your hand protect us, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.