Job 9

Bishops^{(i) 1} Iob aunswered, and sayde ² I knowe it is so of a trueth: For how may a man [compared] vnto God be iustified ³ If he wil argue with hym, he can not aunswere hym one thing of a thousande ⁴ He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength: who hath ben fearce against hym, and hath prospered ⁵ He translateth the mountaynes, or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath ⁶ He remoueth the earth out of her place, that the pillers therof shake withall ⁷ He commaundeth the sunne, and it ryseth not: he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet ⁸ He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea ⁹ He maketh the Waynes of heauen, the Orion, the seuen starres, and the secret places of the south ¹⁰ He doth great thinges & vnsearcheable, yea and wonders without number ¹¹ Lo, when he goeth by me, I shal not see hym, and when he passeth, I shall not perceaue hym ¹² If he be hastie to take away, who wil make him restore it? or who will say vnto hym, what doest thou ¹³ God will not withdraw his anger, and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym ¹⁴ Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him? or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him ¹⁵ For though I were righteous, yet might I not geue him one word againe, but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge ¹⁶ If I had called vpon hym, and he had aunswered me, yet woulde I not beleue that he hearde my voyce ¹⁷ He troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause ¹⁸ He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitternesse ¹⁹ If [men will speake] of strength, lo he is strong: if [men will speake] of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade ²⁰ If I will iustifie my selfe, myne owne mouth shall condempne me: if I will [put foorth my selfe for] a perfect man, he shall proue me a wicked doer ²¹ For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe ²² This is one poynt, and therefore I sayd, He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly ²³ And though he slay sodaynly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent ²⁴ As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked, and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof: if not, where is he, or who is he [that can shewe the contrarie? ²⁵ My dayes are more swyft then a runner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing ²⁶ They are passed away as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, & as the eagle that fleeth to the pray ²⁷ If I say, I will forget my complayning, I will ceasse from my wrath, and comfort my selfe ²⁸ Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes, for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent ²⁹ If I be wicked, why then labour I in vayne ³⁰ If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well ³¹ Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre, and mine owne clothes shal defile me ³² For he that I must geue aunswere vnto, and with whom I go to the lawe, is not a man as I am ³³ Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs ³⁴ Let hym take his rodde away from me, yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him ³⁵ And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare: but because I am not so, I holde me still