Job 25

NEW JERUSALEM	BIBBIA MARTINI
1 Bildad of Shuah spoke next. He said:	1 MA Baldad di Sneh rispose, e disse:
2 What sovereignty, what awe, is his who creates peace on his heights!	2 Potente, e terribile è quegli, che mantien la concordia nell'alte sue spere.
3 Who can count his armies? Against whom does his lightning not surge forth?	3 Si può forse contare il numero di sue milizie? e chi è che non partecipi della sua luce?
4 Could anyone think God regards him as virtuous, the child of woman as pure!	4 Può egli forse un uomo esser giustificato, ove si paragoni con Dio, o apparir mondo uno che è 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 Certamente la luna stessa non ha splendore, e le stelle non sono pure dinanzi a lui:
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 men l'uomo che è putredine, e il figliuolo dell'uomo che è un verme?
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?