Job 26
1 Respondens autem Iob, dixit:
Then Job answered and said:
2 Cuius adiutor es? numquid imbecillis? et sustentas brachium eius, qui non est fortis?
How hast thou helped the weak, And strengthened the feeble arm!
3 Cui dedisti consilium? forsitan illi qui non habet sapientiam, et prudentiam tuam ostendisti plurimam.
How hast thou counselled the ignorant, And revealed wisdom in fulness!
4 Quem docere voluisti? nonne eum, qui fecit spiramentum?
For whom hast thou uttered these words? And whose spirit spake through thee?
5 Ecce gigantes gemunt sub aquis, et qui habitant cum eis.
Before Him the shades tremble Beneath the waters and their inhabitants.
The under-world is naked before him, And destruction is without covering. (Sheol h7585)
7 Qui extendit Aquilonem super vacuum, et appendit terram super nihilum.
He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 Qui ligat aquas in nubibus suis, ut non erumpant pariter deorsum.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not rent under them.
9 Qui tenet vultum solii sui, et expandit super illud nebulam suam.
He covereth the face of his throne, And spreadeth his clouds upon it.
10 Terminum circumdedit aquis, usque dum finiantur lux et tenebræ.
He hath drawn a circular bound upon the waters, To the confines of light and darkness.
11 Columnæ cæli contremiscunt, et pavent ad nutum eius.
The pillars of heaven tremble And are confounded at his rebuke.
12 In fortitudine illius repente maria congregata sunt, et prudentia eius percussit superbum.
By his power he stilleth the sea, Yea, by his wisdom he smiteth its pride.
13 Spiritus eius ornavit cælos: et obstetricante manu eius, eductus est coluber tortuosus.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; His hand hath formed the fleeing Serpent.
14 Ecce, hæc ex parte dicta sunt viarum eius: et cum vix parvam stillam sermonis eius audierimus, quis poterit tonitruum magnitudinis illius intueri?
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?
