“Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow,
Or hast thou seen the treasuries of the hail? ...
By what way is the light parted,
Or the east wind scattered upon the earth?
Who hath cleft a channel for the water flood,
Or a way for the lightning of the thunder;
To cause it to rain on a land where no man is;
On the wilderness, wherein there is no man;
To satisfy the waste and desolate ground;
And to cause the tender grass to spring forth?” Job 38:22, 24~27.
“Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades,
Or loose the bands of Orion?
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?
Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” Job 38:31~32. R.V. (Ed 160.1) MC VC

For beauty of expression read also the description of springtime, from the Song of Songs: (Ed 160.2) MC VC

“Lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree ripeneth her green figs,
And the vines are in blossom, T
hey give forth their fragrance.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.” Song of Solomon 2:11-13, R.V. (Ed 160.3) MC VC

And not inferior in beauty is Balaam’s unwilling prophecy of blessing to Israel: (Ed 160.4) MC VC

“From Aram hath Balak brought me,
The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:
Come, curse me Jacob,
And come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?
And how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him?
And from the hills I behold him:
Lo, it is a people that dwell alone,
And shall not be reckoned among the nations....” Numbers 23:7~9. (Ed 160.5) MC VC

“Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
And He hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,
Neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel:
The Lord his God is with him,
And the shout of a King is among them....
Surely there is no enchantment against (margin) Jacob,
Neither is there any divination against (margin) Israel:
Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What hath God wrought!” Numbers 23:20~23. (Ed 161.1) MC VC

“He saith, which heareth the words of God,
Which seeth the vision of the Almighty: ...
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,
Thy tabernacles, O Israel!
As valleys are they spread forth,
As gardens by the riverside,
As lign-aloes which the Lord hath planted,
As cedar trees beside the waters.” Numbers 24:4~6. (Ed 161.2) MC VC

“He hath said, which heard the words of God,
And knew the knowledge of the Most High: ...
I shall see Him, but not now:
I shall behold Him, but not nigh:
There shall come a Star out of Jacob,
And a Scepter shall rise out of Israel....
Out of Jacob shall come He that shall have dominion.” Numbers 24:16~17, 19. R.V. (Ed 161.3) MC VC

The melody of praise is the atmosphere of heaven; and when heaven comes in touch with the earth, there is music and song—“thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” Isaiah 51:3. (Ed 161.4) MC VC

Above the new-created earth, as it lay, fair and unblemished, under the smile of God, “the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.” Job 38:7. So human hearts, in sympathy with heaven, have responded to God’s goodness in notes of praise. Many of the events of human history have been linked with song. (Ed 161.5) MC VC