Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all the deepest parts of the ocean.

所有在地上的，大鱼和一切深洋，

你们哪，都当赞美耶和华：地上一切所有的，大鱼和深洋，

你们哪，都当赞美耶和华：地上一切所有的，大鱼和深洋，

要在世上赞美耶和华，海中的巨兽和深渊啊，

你们要从地上赞美耶和华。海怪和一切深海，

你们当从地上赞美耶和华！你们海中的巨兽和所有的深渊、

所有在地上的，大魚和一切深洋，

你們哪，都當讚美耶和華：地上一切所有的，大魚和深洋，

你們哪，都當讚美耶和華：地上一切所有的，大魚和深洋，

要在世上讚美耶和華，海中的巨獸和深淵啊，

你們要從地上讚美耶和華。海怪和一切深海，

你們要從地上頌讚永恆主！大海獸和深洋各處，

你們當從地上讚美耶和華！你們海中的巨獸和所有的深淵、

自地頌美耶和華、即如海獸深淵、

天下生物、滄海巨魚、俱彰耶和華之榮光兮、

爾曹當從地上頌揚主、

讚主於大地。讚主於海底。溟海與源泉。冰雹與氛氣。

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps,

Praise the Lord from the earth, you creatures of the ocean depths,

Praise the LORD from the earth, all sea monsters and ocean depths,

Praise the Lord from the earth, Sea monsters, and all the ocean depths;

Praise the Lord from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths;

Praise Jehovah from the earth, Ye sea- monsters, and all deeps;

Praise the Lord from the earth, all sea monsters and ocean depths,

Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

Praise the LORD from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths;

So God created the great sea creatures. He created every kind of living thing that fills the seas and moves about in them. He created every kind of bird that flies. And God saw that it was good.

You parted the waters of the Red Sea by your power. You broke the heads of that sea monster in Egypt.You crushed the heads of the sea monster Leviathan. You fed it to the creatures of the desert.

Even wild dogs and owls honor me. That is because I provide water in the desert for my people to drink. I cause streams to flow in the dry and empty land for my chosen ones.

“ Job, can you pull Leviathan out of the sea with a fishhook? Can you tie down its tongue with a rope?Can you put a rope through its nose? Can you stick a hook through its jaw?Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak gently to you?Will it make an agreement with you? Can you make it your slave for life?Can you make a pet out of it like a bird? Can you put it on a leash for the young women in your house?Will traders offer you something for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?Can you fill its body with harpoons? Can you throw fishing spears into its head?If you touch it, it will fight you. Then you will remember never to touch it again!No one can possibly control Leviathan. Just looking at it will terrify you.No one dares to wake it up. So who can possibly stand up to me?Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything on earth belongs to me.“ Now I will speak about the Leviathan’s legs. I will talk about its strength and its graceful body.Who can strip off its outer coat? Who would try to pierce its double coat of armor?Who dares to open its jaws? Its mouth is filled with terrifying teeth.Its back has rows of shields that are close together.Each one is so close to the next one that not even air can pass between them.They are joined tightly to one another. They stick together and can’t be forced apart.Leviathan’s snorting throws out flashes of light. Its eyes shine like the first light of day.Flames spray out of its mouth. Sparks of fire shoot out.Smoke pours out of its nose. It is like smoke from a boiling pot over burning grass.Its breath sets coals on fire. Flames fly out of its mouth.Its neck is very strong. People run to get out of its way.Its rolls of fat are close together. They are firm and can’t be moved.Its chest is as hard as rock. It is as hard as a lower millstone.When Leviathan rises up, even mighty people are terrified. They run away when it moves around wildly.A sword that strikes it has no effect. Neither does a spear or dart or javelin.It treats iron as if it were straw. It crushes bronze as if it were rotten wood.Arrows do not make it run away. Stones that are thrown from slings are like straw hitting it.A club seems like a piece of straw to it. It laughs when it hears a javelin rattling.Its undersides are like broken pieces of pottery. It leaves a trail in the mud like a threshing sled.It makes the ocean churn like a boiling pot. It stirs up the sea like perfume someone is making.It leaves a shiny trail behind it. You would think the ocean had white hair.Nothing on earth is equal to Leviathan. That creature is not afraid of anything.It looks down on proud people. It rules over all those who are proud.”

Wake up, arm of the Lord! Wake up! Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes! Wake up, just as you did in the past. Wake up, as you did long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab to pieces? Didn’t you stab that sea monster to death?Didn’t you dry up the Red Sea? Didn’t you dry up those deep waters? You made a road on the bottom of that sea. Then those who were set free went across.

At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan with his sword. His great, powerful and deadly sword will punish the serpent that glides through the sea. He will kill that twisting sea monster.

Look at the ocean, so big and wide! It is filled with more creatures than people can count. It is filled with living things, from the largest to the smallest.Ships sail back and forth on it. Leviathan, the sea monster you made, plays in it.