Job 26

CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Then Job responded by saying:	1 Then Job spoke again and said:
2 Whose assistant are you? Is he weak-minded? And do you sustain the arm of him that is not strong?	2 What help you give to the powerless, what strength to the feeble arm!
3 To whom have you given advice? Perhaps it is to him that has no wisdom or prudence that you have revealed your many ideas.	3 How you counsel, as though he had no wisdom; how profuse is the advice you offer!
4 Who is it that you wanted to teach? Was it not him that created the breath of life?	4 With whose help have you uttered those words, and whose is the breath that comes forth from you?
5 Behold, giant things groan under the waters, and they dwell with them.	5 The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.
6 The underworld is naked before him, and there is no covering for perdition.	6 Naked before him is the nether world, and Abaddon has no covering.
7 He stretched out the North over emptiness, and he suspended the land over nothing.	7 He stretches out the North over empty space, and suspends the earth over nothing at all;
8 He secures the waters in his clouds, so that they do not burst forth downward all at once.	8 He binds up the waters in his clouds, yet the cloud is not rent by their weight;
9 He holds back the face of his throne, and he stretches his cloud over it.	9 He holds back the appearance of the full moon by spreading his clouds before it.
10 He has set limits around the waters, until light and darkness shall reach their limit.	10 He has marked out a circle on the surface of the deep as the boundary of light and darkness.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are frightened at his nod.	11 The pillars of the heavens tremble and are stunned at his thunderous rebuke;
12 By his strength, the seas suddenly gather together, and his foresight has struck the arrogant.	12 By his power he stirs up the sea, and by his might he crushes Rahab;
13 His spirit has adorned the heavens, and his birthing hand has brought forth the winding serpent.	13 With his angry breath he scatters the waters, and he hurls the lightning against them relentlessly; His hand pierces the fugitive dragon as from his hand it strives to flee.
14 Behold, these things have been said about his ways in part, and, since we barely have heard a small drop of his word, who will be able to gaze upon the thunder of his greatness?	14 Lo, these are but the outlines of his ways, and how faint is the word we hear!