Job 26
1 Then Job answered and said:
Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
2 How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
Cuius adiutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
3 How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
4 For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum, qui fecit spiramentum?
5 Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
Nudus est infernus coram illo, et nullum est operimentum perditioni. (Sheol h7585)
7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Qui extendit Aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
9 He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
10 He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebrae.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
Columnae caeli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum eius.
12 By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia eius percussit superbum.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
Spiritus eius ornavit caelos: et obstetricante manu eius, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
14 Lo! these are but the borders of his works; How faint the whisper we have heard of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Ecce, haec ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
