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The world of the dead lies open to God;
    no covering shields it from his sight.
God stretched out the northern sky
    and hung the earth in empty space.
It is God who fills the clouds with water
    and keeps them from bursting with the weight.

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The realm of the dead(A) is naked before God;
    Destruction[a](B) lies uncovered.(C)
He spreads out the northern skies(D) over empty space;
    he suspends the earth over nothing.(E)
He wraps up the waters(F) in his clouds,(G)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon