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Lunedi, 6 maggio 2024 - San Pietro Nolasco ( Letture di oggi)

Job 25


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KING JAMES BIBLECATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered by saying:
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.2 Power and terror are with him that makes a pact with those in high places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?3 Is there any limit to the number of his soldiers or to the number of those over whom his light rises?
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?4 Is it right for man to compare himself to God, or to appear pure though he is born of woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.5 Behold, even the moon is not radiant, and the stars are not pure, in his sight.
6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?6 Is man much more than rottenness and the son of man much more than worms?