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Martedi, 19 marzo 2024 - San Giuseppe ( Letture di oggi)

Job 25


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1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:1 Bildad il Suchita prese a dire:

2 What sovereignty, what awe, is his who creates peace on his heights!2 V'è forse dominio e paura presso Colui
Che mantiene la pace nell'alto dei cieli?
3 Who can count his armies? Against whom does his lightning not surge forth?3 Si possono forse contare le sue schiere?
E sopra chi non sorge la sua luce?
4 Could anyone think God regards him as virtuous, the child of woman as pure!4 Come può giustificarsi un uomo davanti a Dio
e apparire puro un nato di donna?
5 Why, the very moon lacks lustre, the very stars seem impure to him! The Shadows tremble underneaththe earth, the waters and their denizens are afraid.5 Ecco, la luna stessa manca di chiarore
e le stelle non sono pure ai suoi occhi:
6 How much less a human, this maggot, the child of man, this worm! Before his eyes, Sheol is bare,Perdition itself is uncovered.6 quanto meno l'uomo, questo verme,
l'essere umano, questo bruco!
7 He it was who spread the North above the void and poised the earth on nothingness.
8 He fastens up the waters in his clouds, without the clouds giving way under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon, spreading his cloud across it.
10 He has traced a ring on the surface of the waters, at the boundary between light and dark.
11 The pil ars of the heavens tremble, awe-struck at his threats.
12 By his power, he has whipped up the Sea, by his skil , he has crushed Rahab.
13 His breath has made the heavens luminous, his hand transfixed the Fleeing Serpent.
14 This is only a fraction of what he has done and al we catch of it is the feeblest echo. But who canconceive the thunder of his power?