Job 25

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1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:	1 Bildad de Chouah prit alors la parole:
2 What sovereignty, what awe, is his who creates peace on his heights!	2 Il a de quoi s’imposer et faire trembler, il fait régner la paix au plus haut des cieux!
3 Who can count his armies? Against whom does his lightning not surge forth?	3 Qui pourrait compter ses armées, sur qui sa lumière ne se lève-t-elle pas?
4 Could anyone think God regards him as virtuous, the child of woman as pure!	4 Un humain sera-t-il juste devant Dieu? né de la femme, sera-t-il sans reproche?
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 Même la lune est pour lui sans éclat, et les étoiles lui paraissent bien pâles,
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 que dire alors des humains, cette vermine, du fils d’un homme, ce ver de terre!
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?