Job 35 Cross References - Great

¹ Elihu spake moreouer, & sayde: ² Thynkest thou it ryght, that thou sayest: I am ryghtuous before God? ³ For thou sayest: What aduauntage will it be vnto the, and what profyt shalt thou haue of my synne. ⁴ Therfore will I geue answere vnto the and to thy companyons wyth the ⁵ loke vnto the heauen, and beholde it: consydre the cloudes, whych are hyer then thou. ⁶ If thou hast synned, what hast thou done against him? If thine offences be many, what hast thou done vnto hym? ⁷ If thou be ryghtuous what geuest thou him? Or what will he receaue of thy hand? ⁸ Of soche an vngodly personne as thou, and of the sonne of man that is ryghtuous as thou pretendest to be: ⁹ there is a greate cry and complaynte made by them that are oppressed wyth vyolence, yee, euery man complayneth vpon the crueltye of tyrauntes. ¹⁰ For soche a one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? & that geueth vs occasion to prayse him in the night? ¹¹ Whych geueth vs more vnderstandyng then he doth the beastes of the earth, & teacheth vs more then he doth the foules of heauen. ¹² If any soch complayne, no man geueth answere, and that because of the wyckednesse of proude tyrauntes. ¹³ But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the almyghtye accepte his crye? ¹⁴ Whan thou speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yf thou open thy selfe before hym, and put thy trust in hym? ¹⁵ Then vseth he no vyolence in hys wrath, nether hath he pleasure in curyous & depe inquysycions. ¹⁶ Therfore doth Iob open hys mouth but in vayne, and folyshly doth he make so many wordes.

¹⁷ he troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

⁷ where as (not withstandinge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande.

¹⁷ Howbeit, there is no wyckednesse in my handes, but my prayer is cleane.

⁶ knowe this then, that it is God, which hath handled me so violently and hath compased me aboute with his nette. ⁷ Yf I complayne of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be herde. And yf I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

² As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my iudgement) and the Almightie, that hath vexed my mynde: ³ My lyppes shal talke of no vanyte, and my tonge shall speake no dysceate, ⁴ whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels. ⁵ God forbid, that I shulde graunte youre cause to be ryght. As for me, vntyil myne ende come wyll I neuer goo fro myne innocency. ⁶ My ryghtwes dealynge kepe I fast, which I wyll not forsake: my hert shall not reproue me of my dayes.

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am ryghteous, but God doth me wronge.

⁸ Wylt thou disanul my iudgement? Or wylt thou condemne me, that thou thy selfe mayest be made ryghteous?

³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery ydell worde that men shall haue spoken, they shall geue acountes in the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustifyed: and out of thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

²² He sayeth vnto hym: Of thyne awne mouth, wyll I iugde the, thou euyll seruaunt. Knewest thou that I am a strayte man, takynge vp that I layde not downe, & reapynge that I dyd not sowe?

²¹ For though I be an innocent, and my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my lyfe ²² One thyng it is and therfore I sayed. He destroyeth both the righteous and vngodly.

³⁰ If I washe my selfe with snowe water, and make myne handes neuer so cleane, at the wel, ³¹ yet shalt thou dyppe me in the myer: and myne awne clothes shall defyle me.

¹⁵ Yf I haue done wickedly, wo is me therfore. Yf I haue done righteously, yet darre I not lift vp my hede: so full am I of confusion, and se myne awne misery.

¹⁵ Who is the Allmyghtie, that we shulde serue hym? And what profyt shuld we haue to submyt our selues vnto him?

² For how great a porcion shall I haue of God? & what enheritaunce from the almightie on hie?

⁹ For he hath sayed: Though a man be good, yet is he naught before God.

¹³ Then haue I clensed my herte in vayne and washed my handes in innocency?

¹⁴ Ye haue sayde: It is but lost labour, to serue God? What profyt haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, and for walkynge humbly before the Lorde of hostes?

⁸ whych goeth in the company of wycked doers, and walketh wyth vngodly men?

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but whoso is a companyon of fooles, shalbe hurte.

⁵ And he brought him out & sayde: loke vp vnto heauen, and tell the starres, yf thou be able to nombre them. And he sayde vnto him Euen so shall thy seed be.

²⁷ Will God in dede dwell on the erth? Beholde the heauens, and heauens of all heauens are not able to conteyne the. And howe shulde than this house do it, that I haue builded?

¹² Now because that God is hyer then the heauens, and because thou seyst that the starres are so hye,

⁵ Beholde, the Moone shyneth nothynge in comparison to him, and the starres are vncleane in his sight. ⁶ How moche more then man, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

²⁶ Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowledge, nether are we able to come to the experience of hys yeares.

¹⁶ Art thou of hys councell when he spredeth out the cloudes? Hast thou the perfecte knowledge of hys wonders?

²² Golde is brought out of the North, but the prayse and honoure of Gods feare commeth from God hym selfe. ²³ It is not we that can fynde out the almightye: for in power, equite, and ryghteousnesse, he is hyer than can be expressed.

³ For I wyll consydre thy heauens, euen the worcke of thy fyngers: the moone & the starres whych thou hast ordeyned. ⁴ What is man, that thou art myndfull of hym? and the sonne of man, that thou visytest hym?

²² that he sytteth vpon the circle of the worlde, and that all the inhabitoures of the worlde are in comparyson of him, but as greshopers. That he spredeth out the heauens as a couerynge, that he stretched them out, as a tent to dwell in. ²³ That he bringeth Princes to nothing, and the iudges of the earth to dust:

⁹ but as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my wayes exceade yours, and my thoughtes yours.

³ The Lord suffreth longe, he is of great power, & so innocent that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him. The Lord goeth forth in tempest & stormy wether, the cloudes are the dust of his fete.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his awne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹² If thou be wyse, thy wisdome shall do thy selfe good but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thyne awne harme.

¹⁹ Howbeit they hurte not me (sayeth the lord) but rather confounde, & shame them selues.

¹⁴ But whom am I? and what is my people? that we shulde enforce oure selues to geue these thinges so willingly? But all thynges come of the: and of that which we receaued of thyne hande we haue geuen the.

² Maye a man be profitable vnto God, as he that is wyse maye be profytable to hym selfe? ³ Is it any vauntage to the Allmyghtye that thou art ryghteous? Or shall it profyte hym, that thou makest thy wayes perfect?

² O my soule thou hast sayd vnto the Lorde: thou arte my God, my goodes are nothing vnto the.

¹⁰ So lyke wyse ye, when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you, saye: we are vnprofitable seruauntes. We haue done that, which was oure duety to do.

³⁵ other who hath geuen vnto hym fyrst, and he shalbe recompensed agayne?

² And I wyll make of the a greate people, and wyll blesse the, & make thy name greate, that thou mayest be euen a blessynge.

²⁴ parauenture there be .l. ryghtwes within the cytie, wylt thou destroye and not spare the place for the sake of .l. ryghtwes that are therin? ²⁵ That be farre from the, that thou shuldest do after thys sayinge, & sley the ryghtwes with the wicked, & that the ryghtwes shulde be as the wicked, that be farre from the. Shall not the iudge of all the worlde do accordynge to ryghte? ²⁶ And the Lorde sayde: If I fynde in Sodome .l. ryghtwes wythin the cytie, I will spare all the place for their sakes. ²⁷ And Abraham answerynge: sayde, Beholde, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the Lorde, which am but dust and asshes. ²⁸ perauenture there shall lacke fyue of fyftye ryghteous: wylt thou destroye all the cytie for lacke of fyue? And he sayde: yf I fynde there fourtye & fyue, I will not destroye them. ²⁹ And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne, & sayde, peraduenture there shalbe fourtye founde there. He answered: I will not do it for forties sake. ³⁰ He sayde vnto him agayne: O let not my Lord be angry that I speake: peraduenture there shall thyrtye be founde there. And he sayde: I will do nothynge yf I fynde thirtye there. ³¹ He sayde agayne: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lorde: peraduenture ther shalbe twentye founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for twenties sake. ³² And be sayde: O let not my Lorde he angry, & I wyll speake yet but this once. Perauenture there shall ten be founde there. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for tens sake. ³³ And the Lorde went his waye as soone as he had lefte commoninge with Abraham. And Abraham also returned vnto his place.

²⁹ And it happened that when God destroyed the cyties of that regyon, he thought vpon Abraham, & sent Lot out from the myddes of the ouerthrowenge, when he ouerthrewe the cyties where Lot dwelled.

¹ But yet the children of Israel trespased in the excommunicate thynges: And Acan the sonne of Carmy, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zareh of the tribe of Iuda, toke of the excommunicat thinges. And the wrath of the Lorde waxed whote agaynst the children of Israel. ² And Iosua sent men from Iericho to Hai, which is besyde Bethauen, on the east syde of Bethel, & spake vnto them, sayinge: gett you vp, & vewe the countrey. And the men went vp, & spyed out Hai. ³ And retourned to Iosua, and sayde vnto him, lett not all the people go vp, but let as it were a two or thre thousande men goo vp, and smyte Hai and make not all the people to laboure thether, for they are but fewe. ⁴ And so there went vp thether of the people, aboute a thre thousande men, & they fledd before the men of Hai. ⁵ And the men of Hai smote of them vpon a thyrtye and sixe men: for they chased them from before the gate euen vnto Sebarim, & smote them in the goyng doune. Wherfore the hertes of the people for feare melted awaye like water.

²⁰ Dyd not Acan the sonne of Zareth trespase in the excommunicate thing, & wrath fell on all the cogregacion of Israel, which notwithstandinge that he was but one man, yet he alone perisshed not for his wickednesse?

⁸ Therfore, take you now seuen oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, and offre vp for youre selues a brent offeringe: and my seruaunt Iob shall praye for you. Hym wyll I accepte, and not deale wyth you after youre folyshnesse: in that ye haue not spoken the thinge whych is ryght, lyke as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

²³ So he sayd he wolde haue destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stande before hym in that gappe: to turne awaye his wrathful indignacion, lest he shulde destroye them.

³⁰ Then stode vp Phinehes and prayed, & so the plage ceased.

¹⁸ For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one vnthryst alone destroyeth moch good.

³⁰ And I sought in the lande for a man, that wolde make vp the hedge, and sett him selfe in the gappe before me in the landes behalfe, that yt shulde not be corrupted: but I could fynde none.

¹² he answered them: Take me, and cast me into the see, so shall it lett you be in rest: for I wote, it is for my sake, that this great tempeste is come vpon you.

²⁴ saying: feare not Paul thou must be brought before Cesar, And lo, God hath geuen the all them that sayle wyth the.

⁷ By fayth Noe beynge warned of God, eschued the thynges which were as yet not sene, and prepared the arke to the sauynge of hys housholde, thorow the whych arke, he condempned the worlde, and became heyre of the ryghtewesnes which is accordyng to fayth.

²³ And it chaunced in processe of tyme, that the kynge of Egypte dyed, and the chyldren of Israel syghed by the reason of bondage, and cryed.

⁷ And the Lorde sayde: I haue surely sene the trouble of my people whych are in Egypte, and haue herde theyr crye from the face of their taskemasters. For I knowe their sorowes,

⁹ Nowe therfore, the complaynt of the chyldren of Israel is come vnto me, and I haue also sene the oppressyon wherwith the Egyptians oppresse them.

¹ And there arose a great complaynte of the people, and of theyr wyues agaynst their brethren the Iewes. ² For there were some that sayd: our sonnes and daughters and we are to many, therfore wyll we take corne for them, that we maye eate, and lyue. ³ Some also there were that sayde: let vs sett our landes, vyneyardes and houses to pledge, and take vp corne in the darth. ⁴ But som there were that sayde: let vs borowe money for the kynges trybute & that vpon our landes and vyneardes. ⁵ Behold, oure bodyes as the bodyes of oure brethren, and oure chyldren as theyr chyldren: elles shulde we subdue our sonnes and daughters vnto bondage, and some of oure daughters are subdued vnto bondage all ready, & no strength is there in houre handes, and other men haue our landes and vyneyardes.

¹⁹ He ledeth awaye the greate men into captiuyte, and turneth the mightye vpsyde downe.

¹² The men of the cytie crieth vnto the Lorde with sything, the soules of the slayue also make theyr complainte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

²⁸ In so moch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto hym, and now he heareth the complaynte of soche as are in trouble.

⁹ Is thy power then lyke the power of God? Maketh thy voyce soch a sounde as hys doth?

¹⁵ Breake thou the power of the vngodly and malycyous, take awaye hys vngodlynesse, and thou shalt fynde none.

⁵ Nowe for the comforles troubles sake of the neadye, & because of the deape fyghthing of the poore, I will vp (sayeth the Lorde) and wyll helpe euery one, from hym that swelleth agaynst hym, and wyll set them at rest.

² For thou art the God of my strength: why hast thou put me from the? And why go I so heuely, whyle the enemye oppresseth me?

² The enemy cryeth so, and the vngodly cometh on so fast: for they are mynded to do me some mischefe, so maliciously are they sett agaynst me. ³ My herte is dysquyeted within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.

¹ To the chaunter vpon the doue of him that was domme in a farre countreye: the badg (or armes) of Dauid, when the Philistines toke hym in Geth. Be mercyfull vnto me (O God) for man goeth about to deuoure me: he is dayly fyghtynge and troublyng me. ² Myne enemyes are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp: for they be many that fyght agaynst me, o thou moost hyest.

³ And ther was a certayne wedowe in the same cytye, and she came vnto hym, sayinge: auenge me of myne aduersary. ⁴ And he wolde not for a whyle. But after warde he sayd within him selfe: though I feare not God, nor care for man, ⁵ yet because thys wedowe is importune vpon me, I wyll auenge her, lest she come at the last and rayle on me. ⁶ And the Lorde sayde, heare what the vnryghtewes Iudge sayeth. ⁷ And shal not God auenge his electe, which crye daye and nyght vnto him, yee, though he deferre them?

¹³ So Saul dyed for hys trespace that he trespaced agaynst the Lorde, in that he kept not the worde of the Lorde, and in that he sought and asked councell of a woman that wrought with a sprete, ¹⁴ and asked not of the Lorde. And therfore he slue hym, and turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai.

²² And in the very tyme of hys tribulacion dyd kyng Ahaz trespace yet moare agaynst the Lord. ²³ For he offered vnto the Gods of them of Damasco, which bette hym, & he sayd: because the Gods of the kynges of Syria healpe them, therfore wyll I offer to them, that they maye helpe me also. But they were his destruccyon, and the destruccion of all Israel.

¹⁰ Hath he soch pleasure and delyte in the Almightye, that he darre alwaye call vpon God?

²² For yf I wold go aboute to please men, I knowe not howe sone my maker wolde take me awaye:

³ I wyll open vnto the yet more of myne vnderstandynge, & proue my mater ryghteous.

¹³ As for soch as be fayned ypocrites, they shall heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon hym, though they be hys presoners.

⁸ I wyll saye vnto the God of my strength why hast thou forgotten me: why go I thus heuely, whyle the enemye oppresseth me?

⁶ I call to remembraunce my songe: and in the nyght I commune with myne awne hert, and search out my spretes.

⁶² At mydnyght wyll I ryse, to gyue thankes vnto the, bycause of thy ryghtuous iudgementes.

⁵ Let the saynctes be ioyfull with glory, let them reioyse in their beddes.

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²¹ If he do not thys, he stombleth and suffreth hunger. And yf he suffre hunger he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his kyng & his God. Then loketh he vp warde, & downe warde to the earth,

¹³ And forgettest the Lorde that made the, that spred out the heauenes, and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the syght of thyne oppressoure, which is ready to do harme: Where is the wrath of the oppressoure?

⁵ For he that made the, shalbe thy Lord & husbande (whose name is the Lorde of hostes) and thy redemer shalbe euen the holy one of Israel, the Lorde of the whole worlde.

²⁵ At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them.

¹⁹ Wherfore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commyt their soules to him with well doynge, as vnto a faythfull creator.

²⁶ And God sayde: let vs make man in oure ymage after oure lycknes, and let them haue rule of the fysh of the see: and foule of the ayre and catell, and all the earth, and of euery crepyng thyng that crepeth vpon the erth.

⁷ The Lorde God also shope man, euen dust from of the grounde, and brethed into his nastrels the breth of lyfe: and Adam was made a lyuing soule.

⁸ Euery man (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the inspiracion of the Almyghty that geueth vnderstandinge.

²² Behold, God is of a mighttye hye power: Where is there soche a gyde & lawe geuer as he?

¹² Blessed is the man, whome thou chastenest (O Lorde) & teachest hym in thy lawe.

⁴¹ They shall crye: but there shalbe none to helpe them: yee, euen vnto the Lord, shall they crye: but he shall nott heare them.

⁶ And this is the cause the they be so holden with pride, and ouerwhelmed with cruelte. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, and they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ They corrupte other, & speake of wicked blasphemye: theyr talkynge is agaynst the most hiest.

³ Haue mercy vpon vs, O Lorde, haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wyth the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude.

²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me.

¹⁴ I will clyme vp aboue the cloudes, and wylbe lyke the hyghest of al. ¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell. ¹⁶ They that se the, shall narowly loke vpon the, and thynke in them selues, sayenge: Is thys the man, that brought all landes in feare, and made the kingdomes afrayde? ¹⁷ Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cytyes to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out?

³¹ For we be sure, that God heareth not synners. But yf eny man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyl, him heareth he.

²² Receaue the lawe at his mouth, and laye vp his wordes in thyne herte. ²³ For yf thou wilt turne to the Almightye, thou shall stande fast, and put all vnrighteousnesse from thy dwellynge: ²⁴ Thou shall make golde as plentifull as the dust, and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the ryuers. ²⁵ Yee, Almightye God hys awne selfe shalbe thy defence, and thou shalt haue plentye of syluer. ²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the Almightie, & lyft vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, and he shall heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promyses.

⁸ For what hope hath the ypocryte though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre? ⁹ Doth God heare him the soner, when he crieth vnto him in hys necessite?

²⁰ When I crye vnto the, thou doest not heare me, & though I stande before the, yet thou regardest me not.

¹⁷ Whan he turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, & despyseth not theyr desyre.

⁸ The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym.

²⁹ The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous.

⁹ He that turneth awaye hys eare from hearing the lawe, hys prayer shalbe abhominable.

¹ When thou commest into the house of God, kepe thy fote & draw nye that God which is at hande may heare: that thou gyue not the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe nowght, but to do euell. ² Be not hastye with thy mouth, and let not thine hert speake eny thing rashly before God. For God is in heauen, and thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be few. ³ For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: and where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

¹⁵ They lye vpon me as a burthen, and I am wery of beringe them. Whan ye holde out your handes, I will turne myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet wil I heare nothynge at all, seyng your handes are ful of bloude.

¹¹ Therfore, thus sayeth the Lord. Behold, I wyll sende a plage vpon them, which they shall not be able to escape: & thoughe they crye vnto me, I wyl not heare them.

¹⁴ They call not vpon me with theyr hertes, but lye houlynge vpon theyr beddes. Where as they come together, it is but for meate & dryncke, and me will they not obeye.

² Israel shulde haue sayde vnto me: thou art my God, we knowe the: ³ but he hath refused the thyng that is good, therfore shall the enemy folowe vpon hym.

²² And though ye offre me brent offrynges and meat offrynges, yet haue I no pleasure therin. As for your fat thanckofferynges. I wyll not loke vpon them:

⁷ But when ye praye bable not moch, as the heathen do: for they thyncke it will come to passe, that they shalbe herd for their moch bablynges sake.

²¹ And he sayeth vnto her, what wilt thou? She sayde vnto him: Graunte, that these my two sonnes may syt, the one on thy ryght hande, and the other on the lefte, in thy kyngdome. ²² But Iesus answered & sayde: Ye wot not what ye aske. Are ye able to dryncke of that cuppe that I shall drynke of: & to be baptised wt the baptyme, that I am baptised wt?

³ Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amysse: euen to consume it vpon your lustes.

¹¹ Lo, whan he goeth ouer by me, I shall not se hym. And whan he departeth, by me, I shall not loke vpon hym. I shall not perceaue hym.

¹⁹ If men wyll speake of strength, lo, he is stronge: yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes, who darre be my recorde.

⁷ Yf I complayne of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be herde. And yf I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me.

³ O that I myght se him, and fynde hym: O that I myght come before his seate,

⁸ Beholde, though I go before, I fynde him: If I come behynde, I can get no knowledge of him: ⁹ Yf I go on the left syde where he doth hys worcke, I cannot atteyne vnto hym. A gayne, yf I go on the ryght syd, he hydeth hym selfe, that I cannot se him. ¹⁰ But as for my waye, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the golde in the fyre.

¹² Delyuer me not ouer into the will of myne aduersaryes, for there are false wytnesses rysen vp agaynst me, and soch as speake wronge. ¹³ I shulde vtterlye haue faynted: but that I beleue verely to se the goodnesse of the Lorde in the lande of the lyuinge. ¹⁴ O tary thou the Lordes leysure be stronge, and he shall conforte thyne hert, and put thou thy trust in the Lorde.

⁵ Commytte thy waye vnto the Lorde, & put thy trust in hym, & he shall brynge it to passe. ⁶ He shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light, & thy iust dealing as the noone daye.

⁵ Neuertheles, my soule wayte thou styll vpon God, for my hope is in hym.

⁸ O put your trust in him allwaye (ye people) powre out youre hertes before him, for God is our hope. Sel

⁵ I haue consydred the dayes of olde, and the yeares that are past. ⁶ I call to remembraunce my songe: and in the nyght I commune with myne awne hert, and search out my spretes. ⁷ Wyll the Lord absent him selfe for euer? And will he be no more intreated? ⁸ Is hys mercy clene gone for euer? And is hys promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore? ⁹ Hath God forgotten to be gracyous? And wyll he shutt vp hys louynge kyndnesse in dyspleasure? Sela. ¹⁰ And I sayde: It is myne awne infirmyte: But I wyll remembre the yeares of the ryght hande of the moost hyest.

² Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute hym, ryghteousnesse and iudgment are the habitacyon of his seate.

¹⁸ Therfore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte, that he maye haue mercy vpon you: to thintent that he maye haue the preemynence, when he is gracyous vnto you. For the Lorde is the God of iudgement. Blessed are all they that hope in hym.

¹⁰ Therfore, whoso feareth the Lord among you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaunt, Whoso walketh in darcknesse, and no lyght shyneth vpon him, lett hym put hys trust in the name of the Lorde, and holde him by his God.

¹⁷ but all the weapens that are made agaynst the, shall not prospere. And as for all tunges, that shall resyste the in iudgement, thou shalt ouercome them, & condemne them. Thys is the heritage of the Lordes seruauntes, and their ryghteousnes commeth of me, sayeth the Lorde.

⁷ Neuerthelesse, I will loke vp vnto the Lord I wyll paciently abyde God my sauyoure: my God shal heare me. ⁸ O thou enemye of myne, reioyce not at my fall, for I shall get vp agayne: & though I sytt in darcknesse, yet the Lorde is my lyght. ⁹ I wyll beare the punishement of the Lord (for why, I haue offended him) tyll he syt in iudgement vpon my cause, & se that I haue right. He wyll bryng me forth to the lyght, & I shall se his rightuousnesse.

³³ Who shall laye eny thynge to the charge of Goddes chosen; it is God that iustyfyeth: ³⁴ who is he that can condempne? it is Chryst which dyed, yee, rather which is rysen agayne, which is also on the ryght hande of God, and maketh intercessyon for us.

¹² And the Lorde spake vnto Moses & Aaron: because ye beleued me not, to sanctifye me in the eyes of the chyldren of Israel, therfore ye shall not brynge thys congregacyon into the lande whyche I haue geuen them.

⁵ But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou art greued: now that it hath touched thy selfe, thou art faynt harted.

¹⁴ How shulde I then answere hym? Or what wordes shulde I fynde oute agaynst hym?

¹⁵ Lo, though he slaye me, yet wyll I put my trust in hym. But I wil reproue myne awne wayes in his sight,

¹⁵ Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me. Myne honoure vanisshed awaye more swyftly then the wynde, and my prosperite departeth hence, lyke as it were a cloude. ¹⁶ Therfore is my mynde powred full of heuynesse, and the dayes of my trouble haue taken holde vpon me. ¹⁷ My bones are pearsed thorow, in the night season, and my synewes take no rest. ¹⁸ For the vehemencie of sorow is my garment chaunged: and according to the diuersite of heuynes am I gyrded with my coate. ¹⁹ He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like asshes and dust. ²⁰ When I crye vnto the, thou doest not heare me, & though I stande before the, yet thou regardest me not. ²¹ Thou art become myne enemye, and with thy violent hande thou takest part agaynst me. ²² In tymes past thou didest set me vp on hie, as it were aboue the wynde, but now hast thou geuen me a very sore fall, ²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt deliuer me vnto death euen to the lodginge that is due vnto all men liuinge. ²⁴ Now vse not men to do violence vnto them, that are destroied allready: but where hurte is done, there vse they to helpe. ²⁵ Did not I wepe with him that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore? ²⁶ Yet neuerthelesse, where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I wayted for light, there came darcknesse ²⁷ My bowles sethe within me, & take no rest, for the dayes of my trouble are come vpon me. ²⁸ Mekely and lowly came I in, yee, and without any displeasure: I stode vp in the congregacion, and communed with them. ²⁹ But now, I am a companion of dragons, and a felowe of Estriches. ³⁰ My skynne vpon me is turned to black, and my bones are brent with heate: ³¹ my harpe is turned to sorowe, and my pype to wepynge.

¹¹ Shall thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue, or thy faythfulnesse in destruccion? ¹² Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darcke, and thy ryghtuousnes in the lande where all thynges are forgotten? ¹³ Unto the haue I cryed O Lorde, and early shall my prayer come before the. ¹⁴ Lorde, why abhorrest thou my soule? and hydest thou thy face fro me? ¹⁵ I am in mysery, & lyke vnto hym that is at the poynt to dye (euen fro my youth vp) thy terrours haue I suffred with a troubled mynde. ¹⁶ Thy wrathfull dyspleasure goeth ouer me, and the feare of the hath vndone me.

³² If they breake my statutes and kepe not my commaundementes.

⁸ What greate thynges haue I geuen the, O Ephraim? howe faythfully haue I defended the, O Israel? haue I dealt with the as with Adama? or haue I intreated the lyke Seboim? No, my hert is other wise mynded. Yee, my mercy is to feruent: ⁹ therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothfull displeasure. For I am God and no man, I am euen that holy one in the middest of the, though I came not within the cytie.

²⁰ And beholde it shall come to passe, that thou shalt be domme, and not be hable to speake, vntill the daye that these thinges be performed, because thou beleuedst not my wordes, which shalbe fulfylled in their season.

¹¹ No maner chastisyng for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greueous: neuertheles afterwarde, it bringeth the quyet frute of ryghtewesnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby. ¹² Stretch forth therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:

¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke, & chasten, Be feruent therfore, and repent.

¹ After this opened iob his mouth and cursed hys daye.

² Beholde, I haue now opened my mouth, my tonge hath spoken in my throte.

⁸ Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue herde the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am cleane wythout any faute, I am innocent, and there is no wyckednes in me. ¹⁰ But lo, he hath picked a quarell agaynst me, and taketh me for hys enemy: ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, and loketh narowly vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, in thys hast thou not done ryght. I wyll make answere vnto the, that God is more then man.

³⁵ As for Iob, he hath nether spoken to the purpose nor wisely. ³⁶ O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he hath answered for wycked men: ³⁷ yee, aboue his synne he doth wyckedly: triumpheth amonge vs, and multiplieth hys wordes agaynst God.

² what is he that hydeth his mynde with folysh wordes?