¹Et respondens Job,And Job, responding,ait:said:

¹Et respondens Job,And Job, responding,ait:said:

²Vere scio quod ita sit,Truly, I know that it is so,et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.and that man cannot be justified compared with God.

²Vere scio quod ita sit,Truly, I know that it is so,et quod non justificetur homo compositus Deo.and that man cannot be justified compared with God.

³Si voluerit contendere cum eo,If he chooses to contend with him,non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.

³Si voluerit contendere cum eo,If he chooses to contend with him,non poterit ei respondere unum pro mille.he is not able to respond to him once out of a thousand times.

⁴Sapiens corde est,He is understanding in heartet fortis robore:and mighty in strength;quis restitit ei,who has resisted himet pacem habuit?and yet had peace?

⁴Sapiens corde est,He is understanding in heartet fortis robore:and mighty in strength;quis restitit ei,who has resisted himet pacem habuit?and yet had peace?

⁵Qui transtulit montes,He has moved mountains,et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.

⁵Qui transtulit montes,He has moved mountains,et nescierunt hi quos subvertit in furore suo.and those whom he overthrew in his fury did not know it.

⁶Qui commovet terram de loco suo,He shakes the earth out of its placeet columnæ ejus concutiuntur.and its pillars tremble.

⁶Qui commovet terram de loco suo,He shakes the earth out of its placeet columnæ ejus concutiuntur.and its pillars tremble.

⁷Qui præcipit soli,He commands the sunet non oritur,and it does not rise,et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.and he closes the stars as if under a seal.

⁷Qui præcipit soli,He commands the sunet non oritur,and it does not rise,et stellas claudit quasi sub signaculo.and he closes the stars as if under a seal.

⁸Qui extendit cælos solus,He alone extends the heavens,et graditur super fluctus maris.and he walks upon the waves of the sea.

⁸Qui extendit cælos solus,He alone extends the heavens,et graditur super fluctus maris.and he walks upon the waves of the sea.

⁹Qui facit ArcturumHe fashions Arcturus,et Oriona,and Orion,et Hyadasand Hyades,et interiora austri.and the interior of the south.

⁹Qui facit ArcturumHe fashions Arcturus,et Oriona,and Orion,et Hyadasand Hyades,et interiora austri.and the interior of the south.

¹⁰Qui facit magna,He accomplishes greatet incomprehensibilia,and incomprehensibleet mirabilia,and miraculous things,quorum non est numerus.which cannot be numbered.

¹⁰Qui facit magna,He accomplishes greatet incomprehensibilia,and incomprehensibleet mirabilia,and miraculous things,quorum non est numerus.which cannot be numbered.

¹¹Si venerit ad me,If he approaches me,non videbo eum;I will not see him;si abierit,if he departs,non intelligam.I will not understand.

¹¹Si venerit ad me,If he approaches me,non videbo eum;I will not see him;si abierit,if he departs,non intelligam.I will not understand.

¹²Si repente interroget,If he suddenly should question,quis respondebit ei?who will answer him?vel quis dicere potest:Or who can say,Cur ita facis?“Why did you do so?”

¹²Si repente interroget,If he suddenly should question,quis respondebit ei?who will answer him?vel quis dicere potest:Or who can say,Cur ita facis?“Why did you do so?”

¹³Deus,God,cujus iræ nemo resistere potest,whose wrath no one is able to resist,et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.and under whom they bend who carry the world,

¹³Deus,God,cujus iræ nemo resistere potest,whose wrath no one is able to resist,et sub quo curvantur qui portant orbem.and under whom they bend who carry the world,

¹⁴Quantus ergo sum ego,what am I then,ut respondeam ei,that I should answer himet loquar verbis meis cum eo?and exchange words with him?

¹⁴Quantus ergo sum ego,what am I then,ut respondeam ei,that I should answer himet loquar verbis meis cum eo?and exchange words with him?

¹⁵qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum,And if I now have any justice,non respondebo:I will not respond,sed meum judicem deprecabor.but will beseech my judge.

¹⁵qui etiam si habuero quippiam justum,And if I now have any justice,non respondebo:I will not respond,sed meum judicem deprecabor.but will beseech my judge.

¹⁶Et cum invocantem exaudierit me,And if he should listen to me when I call,non credo quod audierit vocem meam.I would not believe that he had heard my voice.

¹⁶Et cum invocantem exaudierit me,And if he should listen to me when I call,non credo quod audierit vocem meam.I would not believe that he had heard my voice.

¹⁷In turbine enim conteret me,For he will crush me in a whirlwindet multiplicabit vulnera mea,and multiply my wounds,etiam sine causa.even without cause.

¹⁷In turbine enim conteret me,For he will crush me in a whirlwindet multiplicabit vulnera mea,and multiply my wounds,etiam sine causa.even without cause.

¹⁸Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum,He does not permit my spirit to rest,et implet me amaritudinibus.and he fills me with bitterness.

¹⁸Non concedit requiescere spiritum meum,He does not permit my spirit to rest,et implet me amaritudinibus.and he fills me with bitterness.

¹⁹Si fortitudo quæritur,If strength is sought,robustissimus est;he is most strong;si æquitas judicii,if equity in judgment,nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.no one would dare to give testimony for me.

¹⁹Si fortitudo quæritur,If strength is sought,robustissimus est;he is most strong;si æquitas judicii,if equity in judgment,nemo audet pro me testimonium dicere.no one would dare to give testimony for me.

²⁰Si justificare me voluero,If I wanted to justify myself,os meum condemnabit me;my own mouth will condemn me;si innocentem ostendero,if I would reveal my innocence,pravum me comprobabit.he would prove me depraved.

²⁰Si justificare me voluero,If I wanted to justify myself,os meum condemnabit me;my own mouth will condemn me;si innocentem ostendero,if I would reveal my innocence,pravum me comprobabit.he would prove me depraved.

²¹Etiam si simplex fuero,And if I now became simple,hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea,my soul would be ignorant even of this,et tædebit me vitæ meæ.and my life would weary me.

²¹Etiam si simplex fuero,And if I now became simple,hoc ipsum ignorabit anima mea,my soul would be ignorant even of this,et tædebit me vitæ meæ.and my life would weary me.

²²Unum est quod locutus sum:There is one thing that I have said:et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.both the innocent and the impious he consumes.

²²Unum est quod locutus sum:There is one thing that I have said:et innocentem et impium ipse consumit.both the innocent and the impious he consumes.

²³Si flagellat,If he scourges,occidat semel,let him kill all at once,et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

²³Si flagellat,If he scourges,occidat semel,let him kill all at once,et non de pœnis innocentum rideat.and not laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

²⁴Terra data est in manus impii;Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious,vultum judicum ejus operit.he covers the face of its judges;Quod si non ille est,for if it is not him,quis ergo est?then who is it?

²⁴Terra data est in manus impii;Since the earth has been given into the hand of the impious,vultum judicum ejus operit.he covers the face of its judges;Quod si non ille est,for if it is not him,quis ergo est?then who is it?

²⁵Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore;My days have been swifter than a messenger;fugerunt,they have fledet non viderunt bonum.and have not seen goodness.

²⁵Dies mei velociores fuerunt cursore;My days have been swifter than a messenger;fugerunt,they have fledet non viderunt bonum.and have not seen goodness.

²⁶Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes;They have passed by like ships carrying fruits,sicut aquila volans ad escam.just like an eagle flying to food.

²⁶Pertransierunt quasi naves poma portantes;They have passed by like ships carrying fruits,sicut aquila volans ad escam.just like an eagle flying to food.

²⁷Cum dixero:If I say:Nequaquam ita loquar:“By no means will I speak this way.”commuto faciem meam,I change my faceet dolore torqueor.and I am tortured with sorrow.

²⁷Cum dixero:If I say:Nequaquam ita loquar:“By no means will I speak this way.”commuto faciem meam,I change my faceet dolore torqueor.and I am tortured with sorrow.

²⁸Verebar omnia opera mea,I have dreaded all my works,sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.knowing that you did not spare the offender.

²⁸Verebar omnia opera mea,I have dreaded all my works,sciens quod non parceres delinquenti.knowing that you did not spare the offender.

²⁹Si autemYet,et sic impius sum,if I am also just as impious,quare frustra laboravi?why have I labored in vain?

²⁹Si autemYet,et sic impius sum,if I am also just as impious,quare frustra laboravi?why have I labored in vain?

³⁰Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis,If I had been washed with snow-like waters,et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,

³⁰Si lotus fuero quasi aquis nivis,If I had been washed with snow-like waters,et fulserint velut mundissimæ manus meæ,and my hands were shining like the cleanest thing,

³¹tamen sordibus intinges me,yet you would plunge me in filth,et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.and my own garments would abhor me.

³¹tamen sordibus intinges me,yet you would plunge me in filth,et abominabuntur me vestimenta mea.and my own garments would abhor me.

³²Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo;For even I would not answer a man who were like myself,nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.

³²Neque enim viro qui similis mei est, respondebo;For even I would not answer a man who were like myself,nec qui mecum in judicio ex æquo possit audiri.nor one who could be heard with me equally in judgment.

³³Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere,There is no one who could both prevail in argumentet ponere manum suam in ambobus.and in placing his hand between the two.

³³Non est qui utrumque valeat arguere,There is no one who could both prevail in argumentet ponere manum suam in ambobus.and in placing his hand between the two.

³⁴Auferat a me virgam suam,Let him take his staff away from me,et pavor ejus non me terreat.and let not the fear of him terrify me.

³⁴Auferat a me virgam suam,Let him take his staff away from me,et pavor ejus non me terreat.and let not the fear of him terrify me.

³⁵Loquar,I will speaket non timebo eum;and I will not fear him,neque enim possum metuens respondere.for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.

³⁵Loquar,I will speaket non timebo eum;and I will not fear him,neque enim possum metuens respondere.for in fearfulness I am not able to respond.