³² He covers his hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark.

²¹ Yahweh said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt."

²² Moses stretched forth his hand toward the sky, and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days.

²³ They didn't see one another, neither did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

⁹ He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.

¹² It is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatever he commands them On the surface of the habitable world,

¹⁵ Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?

¹¹ He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion around him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

⁷ Who causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings with the rain; Who brings forth the wind out of his treasuries;

⁸ Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.

⁹ He provides food for the cattle, And for the young ravens when they call.

⁸ Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

²⁰ When neither sun nor stars shone on us for many days, and no small tempest pressed on us, all hope that we would be saved was now taken away.