Quotes About Nature

if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Look to the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?í

For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,

which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.

Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?

See how He scatters His lightning around Him and covers the depths of the sea.

He fills His hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.

“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.

Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.

He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds.

For He says to the snow, ëFall on the earth,í and to the gentle rain, ëPour out a mighty downpour.í

The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.

The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.

By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.

They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.

Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.