Job 17 Cross References - Matthew

¹ My breth fayleth, my dayes are shortened. I am harde at deathes dore. ² I haue disceyued no man, yet must myne eye continue in heuynesse. ³ O deliuer me, and set me by the: who shall them be able to thruste my handes together? ⁴ Thou haste withholden their hertes from vnderstandyng, therfore shall they not be sett vp on hye. ⁵ He promyseth hys frendes parte of hys good, but his owne chyldren spende it. ⁶ He hath made me as it were a byworde of the comon people. I am hys gestynge stocke amonge them. ⁷ My countenaunce is heuy for very anger & the membres of my body are become lyke a shadowe. ⁸ Vertuous men therfore shall wel consydre this, & the innocent shall take parte agaynst the ypocrite. ⁹ The ryghteous wyll kepe his waye, & he that hath cleane handes, wyll euer be stronger & stronger. ¹⁰ As for you, turne you, & get you hence, for I can not se one wyse man amonge you. ¹¹ My dayes are past, my thoughtes are vanyshed awaye, whych haue vexed myne herte, ¹² chaunginge the nyght in to daye, and the light into darcknes. ¹³ Though I tary neuer so moch, yet the graue is my house, & I must make my bed in the darcke. ¹⁴ I call corrupcion my father, and the wormes call I my mother and my syster. ¹⁵ What helpeth then my longe taryenge? Or, who wyll fulfyll the thynge, that I loke for? ¹⁶ All that I haue, shall go downe in to the pyt, and lye with me in the duste.

¹¹ What power haue I to endure? Or, what is myne end, that my soule myghte be pacyente?

¹³ Though I tary neuer so moch, yet the graue is my house, & I must make my bed in the darcke. ¹⁴ I call corrupcion my father, and the wormes call I my mother and my syster.

¹⁷ Myne owne wyfe may not abide my breth, I am faynt to speake fayre vnto the childeen of myne owne body.

¹⁶ After this lyued Iob .xl. yares, so that he sawe his children, & his children children to the fourthe generacyon.

³ For my soule is full of trouble, and my lyfe draweth nye vnto hell. ⁴ I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pitte, I am euen as a man that hath no strength. ⁵ Fre among the dead, like vnto them that lye in the graue, whyche be out of remembraunce, and are cutte away from thy hand.

¹⁰ I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the resydue of my yeares. ¹¹ I spake with in my selfe: I shall neuer viset the Lorde God in this lyfe: I shall neuer se man amonge the dwellers of the worlde. ¹² Myne age is folden vp together, and taken awaye fro me, lyke a shepherdes cotage: my lyfe is hewen of, lyke as a weeuer cutteth of his webb. Whyle I was yet takynge my rest, he hewed me of, & made an ende of me in one day. ¹³ I thought I wolde haue lyued vnto the morow, but he brosed my bones lyke a lyon, and made an ende of me in one daye. ¹⁴ Then chatred I lyke a swalowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned as a doue. I lyfte vp myne eyes into the heyght: O Lorde (sayde I) vyolence is done vnto me, be thou suertye for me.

¹⁶ For I chide not euer, & am not wroth without ende. But the blastinge goeth from me, though I make the breath.

⁶ And therto her enemye Phenennah vexed her a good in castinge her in the thete, howe the Lorde had made her barren. ⁷ And so did she yere by yere as oft as she went vp to the house of the Lord. And so chafed her, wherfore Hannah wepte and ate not.

⁴ Thus he that calleth vpon God, & whom God heareth, is mocked of hys neyghboure: the godlye and innocent man is laughed to scorne.

⁹ Shall that helpe you, when he calleth you to rekoning. Thynke ye to begyle him, as a man is begyled?

²⁰ My frendes laugh me to scorne, but myne eye poureth out teares vnto God.

³ Suffre me a litle that I may speake also, and then laugh my wordes to scorne, yf ye wyll.

¹³ Hys soule shall dwell at ease, and his sede shal possesse the lande.

¹⁴ I behaued my selfe as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I went heuely, as one that mourneth for hys mother. ¹⁵ But in myne aduersitie they reioyse, & gather them together. Yea, the very lame come together agaynste me vnwares, makynge mowes at me, and ceasse not. ¹⁶ With the gredy and scorneful hypocrites they gnasshed vpon me with their teeth.

¹ Who so dwelleth vnder the defence of the most hyest, & abydeth vnder the shadowe of the almightye.

³⁹ They that passed by, reuyled hym wagginge their heades ⁴⁰ & sayinge: Thou that destroyest the temple of God and buyldest it in thre dayes: saue thy selfe. If thou be the sonne of God: come doune from the crosse. ⁴¹ Lykewise also the hye priestes mockynge hym with the scrybes and elders sayde. ⁴² He saued other, him selfe he can not saue. If he be the kinge of Israel let him now come doune from the crosse, and we wyll beleue him. ⁴³ He trusted in God, let hym deliuer hym now, if he wyl haue him: for he sayde I am the sonne of God. ⁴⁴ That same also the theues which were crucified with him cast in his teth.

⁹ I wylbe suerty for him, & of my handes requyre him. If I bryng him not to the and set hym before thyne eyes, than let me bere the blame for euer.

³² For I thy seruaunt became suerty for the lad vnto my father and sayde: yf I brynge hym not vnto the agayne. I wyll bere the blame all my lyfe longe.

³³ Nether is there eny dayesman to reproue both the partes, or to laye hys hande betwixte vs.

¹²² Be thou suertye for thy seruaunte too do hym good, that the proude do me no wronge.

¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

¹⁵ He that is suerty for a straunger, hurteth him self: but he that medleth not with suertiship, is sure.

¹⁸ Whoso promyseth by the hande, and is suertye: or another, he is a foole.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is suerty for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowen mans sake.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that bind their hand vpon promyse, and are suerttye: for dett:

¹⁴ Then chatred I lyke a swalowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned as a doue. I lyfte vp myne eyes into the heyght: O Lorde (sayde I) vyolence is done vnto me, be thou suertye for me.

²² And for the cause was Iesus a stablisher of a better testament.

³¹ And one tolde Dauid saying: Ahithophel is one of them that haue conspyred wyth Absalom. Then sayde Dauid: O Lorde, turne the councell of Ahithophel into folyshnes.

¹⁴ And Absalom & al the men of Israel sayd: that the counsel of Husai the Arachite was better then the counsel of Ahithophel. For it was euen the lordes determinacion to destroy the counsel of Ahithophel: whych was good that the Lorde myght brynge euyl vpon Absalom.

¹⁶ And as the prophet spake to him, he sayde to the prohhete: haue men made the of the kynges councell? cease, leste thou be beaten. And the prophete ceased and sayde: I am sure that God hath taken councell to destroye the, because thou hast done this, and obeyest not my councell.

¹⁴ For the Lorde hath made Egypte droncken with the spirit of erroure, and they shal vse it in al matters, euen lyke as a droncken man goeth spewynge aboute.

²⁵ At that time Iesus aunswered and said: I prayse the, O father Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wyse and prudent, and hast opened theim vnto babes:

¹¹ He aunswered and sayde vnto theym: it is geuen vnto you to know the secretes of the kyngdom of heauen, but to them it is not geuen

⁸ accordynge as it is wrytten. God hath geuen them the spirite of vnquyetnes: eyes that they should not se, and eares that they shoulde not heare euen vnto thys daye.

²⁰ Where is the wyse? Where is the scribe? Where is the searcher of this worlde?

⁵ Se that thou neither bowe thy self vnto them neither serue them: for I the Lord thy God, am a gelouse God, & viset the synne of the fathers vppon the chyldren vnto the thyrd and fourth generacion of them that hate me:

⁶⁵ And amonge these nacyons thou shalt be no small ceason, and yet shalt haue no reste to the sole of thy foote. For the Lorde shall geue the there a tremblynge herte & dasynge eyes & sorowe of mynde.

¹² Not wythstandynge in thy dayes I wyll not do it, because of Dauid thy father: but wyl take it from thy sonne.

²⁰ As for the eyes of the vngodly, they shalbe consumed, and not escape: theyr hope shalbe mysery and sorow of mynde.

²¹ I wyll regarde no maner of person, no man wyll I spare. ²² For yf I wolde go aboute to please men, I knowe not, how sone my maker wolde take me awaye.

² Euery man telleth lyes too his neyghbour, they do but flatter with their lyppes and dissemble in their herte. ³ O that the Lorde wolde rote out all disceatfull lyppes, and the tonge that speaketh proude thynges.

¹⁹ Medle not with hym that bewrayeth secretes, and is a sclaunderer, and disceaueth with hys lippes.

⁵ Whoso flattereth hys neyghboure, layeth a nette for hys fete.

¹⁷ Phe. Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs, whyle we loke for vayne helpe: seynge we be euer wayting vpon a people, that can do vs no good.

⁵ Neither was our conuersacyon at anye tyme wyth flatterynge wordes, as ye well knowe neyther in cloked couetousnes, god is record:

²⁷ Wherfore wentest thou away secreatly vnknowne to me, and didest not tel me, that I might haue brought the on the way wt myrth, singyng, timrels and harpes,

⁷ then I wyll weede Israel oute of the lande whiche I haue geuen them. And this house which I haue halowed for my name, I wyll put out of my syghte, And Israell shall be a prouerbe and a fable vnto all nacyons.

⁹ Now am I their songe and am become their yestinge stocke:

¹⁴ Thou hast made vs, a very by word among the Heathen, and that the people shake their heades at vs.

¹² In those companies are harpes and lutes, tabrettes & pipes and wyne. But they regarde not the worck of the Lorde, and consydre not the operacyon of hys handes.

⁸ (wherof my wryncles beare wytnesse) there standeth vp a dyssembler to make me aunswere wyth lyes to my face.

¹⁶ My face is swollen with wepyng, & myne eyes are waxen dymne.

⁷ My countenance is chaunged for verye inwarde grefe. I consume awaye I haue so many enemyes.

⁹ Haue mercy vpon me, O Lorde, for I am in trouble, myne eye consumed for verye heuynesse, yea my soule and my body. ¹⁰ My lyfe is waxen olde with heuines, and my yeares with moornyng. My strength fayleth me because of mine aduersitie, and my bones are corrupt.

²³ I go hence lyke the shadowe that departeth, & am driuen away as the greshoppers.

¹² For who knowth what is good for man lyuynge, in the dayes of hys vayne life, whych is but a shadowe? Or, who wyll tell a man, what shall happen after him vnder the Sunne.

¹⁷ Therfore oure herte is full of heuynesse, and oure eyes dymme:

¹⁹ For with ioy shall the godly, and with gladnesse shall the innocent se,

³⁰ For the wyckednesse and synne of the people, he maketh an ypocryte to raygne ouer them.

¹² Lo, these are the vngodly, these prospere in the worlde, these haue ryches in possession. ¹³ Shoulde I then clense my herte in vayne (thougt I) and washe my handes in innocency? ¹⁴ Wherefore shoulde I be then punyshed dayly, & be chastened euery mornynge? ¹⁵ Yea, I had almoost also sayd euen as they: but lo, then shoulde I haue condemned the generacion of thy chyldren.

⁸ If thou seyst the poore to be oppressed and wrongeously dealt withall, so that equite & the right of the law is wrasted in the lande: maruell not thou at such iudgement, for one great man kepeth touch with another, and the mightye helpe them selfes together.

¹³ Thyne eyes are clene, thou mayest not se euyll, thou canst not beholde the thynge that is wycked. Wherfor then doest thou loke vpon the vngodly, and holdest thy tung, when the wycked deuoureth the man that is better then hym selfe?

⁴⁶ Then Paule and Barnabas wexed bolde, and sayed: it was mete that the worde of God shoulde fyrste haue ben preached to you. But seynge, ye put it from you, and thynke youre selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe: lo, we turne to the gentyls:

³³ O the deapnes of the abundaunte wysedome and knoweledge of God: howe vnsearcheable are his iudgementes, and hys wayes paste fyndynge out?

⁵ sayde not he vnto me, that she was hys syster? yea and sayde not she herself that he was her brother? wyth a pure herte and innocent handes haue I done thys.

³⁰ Yf thou be innocent, he shall saue the: and thorow the vngyltinesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered.

⁴ Euen he that hath innocent handes and a cleane hert: which lifteth not vp his minde vnto vanite, and sweareth not to disceaue.

⁶ I wash my handes with innocencye, O Lorde, and so go I to thyne alter.

¹³ Shoulde I then clense my herte in vayne (thougt I) and washe my handes in innocency?

⁷ They go from strength to strength, and so the God of Goddes appeareth vnto them in Sion.

¹¹ For the Lord God is a light and defence, the Lorde wyll geue grace and worshyppe, and no good thynge shall he wytholde from them that lyue a godly lyfe.

¹⁸ The path of the ryghtuous shyneth as the lyghte, and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfecte daye.

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euel, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

¹⁵ Though ye holde oute your handes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make manye prayers, yet heare I nothynge at all, for youre handes are full of bloude. ¹⁶ Washe you, make you cleane, put awaye youre euill thoughtes out of my sighte, cease from doynge of euyll and vyolence.

⁸ There shalbe fote pathes and comen stretes, this shalbe called the holy waye. No vncleane person shall go thorow it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that waye, and the ignoraunt shall not erre, ⁹ There shalbe no lyon, and no rauyshynge beast shall come therin, nor be there, but men shall go there fre and safe. ¹⁰ And the redemed of the Lorde shall conuerte, and come to Syon with thankesgeuynge. Euerlastinge ioye shall they haue, pleasure and gladnesse shall be amonge them. And as for all sorowe and heuynes, it shall vanysh awaye.

²⁹ but that he geueth strength vnto the weery, and power vnto the faynte? ³⁰ Chyldren are weery and faynt, and the strongest men fall: ³¹ But vnto them that haue the Lorde before their eyes, shal strength be encreased, Aegles wynges shall growe vpon them: When they runne they shall not fal: and when they go, they shal not be weery.

² And when they sawe certayne of hys disciples eate breade with commen handes (that is to say wt vnwashen handes) they complayned.

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: my grace is suffycyent for the. For my strengthe is made perfecte thorowe weakenes. Very gladly therfor wil I reioyce of my weakenes, that the strength of Christe maye dwell in me ¹⁰ Therfore haue I delectacyon in infyrmities, in rebukes, in nede, in persecutions, in anguyshe, for Christes sake. For when I am weake, then am I stronge.

⁵ whiche are kept by the power of God thorowe fayth, vnto saluacyon, whiche saluacyon is prepared all ready to be shewed in the laste tyme,

¹⁹ They went out from vs, but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs: they woulde no doubte, haue continued wyth vs. But that fortuned, that it myghte appeare, that they were not of vs.

²⁹ Turne into youre owne selues (I praye you) be indifferent iudges, and considre mine vngyltynesse:

² Then (no doute) ye are the men alone, and wysdom shall perysh wyth you.

⁹ What knowest thou, that we knowe not? What vnderstandest thou, but we can the same?

⁴ Thou haste withholden their hertes from vnderstandyng, therfore shall they not be sett vp on hye.

⁹ All men are not wise neyther dothe euery aged man vnderstande the thinge that is lawfull.

⁷ Now when the Lord had spoken these wordes vnto Iob, he sayde vnto Elephas the Themanite: I am displeased with the & thy two frendes, for ye haue not spoken the thyng that is right before me, lyke as my seruaunte Iob hath done.

¹⁸ Turne you therfore, and consydre what difference is betwyxt the ryghteous & vngodly: betwyxt him that serueth God, and him that serueth him not.

⁵ Thys I saye to youre shame. Is there vtterlye no wyse man amonge you. What, not one at al, that can iudge betwene brother and brother,

⁶ my dayes passe ouer more spedelye, then a weeuer can weeue out his webbe: and are gone, or I am a warre.

²⁵ My dayes haue bene more swyfte then a runner: they are gone sodenly, and haue sene no good thynge. ²⁶ They are passed awaye, as the shippes that be good vnder sayle, and as the Aegle that hasteth to the praye.

⁹ A man deuyseth awaye in his herte, but it is the Lorde that ordreth hys goynges.

²¹ There are many deuises in a mans hert, neuertheles the counsayll of the Lorde shall stande.

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do wyth all thy power: for among the dead, wher as thou goest vnto, ther is nether worcke, councel, knowledge ner wysdome.

¹⁰ take your councel together, yet must youre councell come to nought: go in hand with all, yet shall it not prospere. Excepte Emanuel: (that is God) be with vs.

¹⁰ I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the resydue of my yeares.

³⁷ Mem. What is he then that sayeth: there shuld somethynge be done without the Lordes commaundement:

¹³ I woulde that ye shoulde knowe bretherne, howe that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you (but haue bene let hitherto) to haue some fruite amonge you, as I haue amonge other of the Gentyls.

¹⁵ And in this confidence was I minded the other tyme to haue come vnto you, that ye myghte haue had yet one pleasure more, ¹⁶ and to haue passed by you into Macedonia, and to haue come againe out of Macedonia vnto you, & to haue bene led forth to Iewryward of you. ¹⁷ When I thus wyse was mynded: dyd I vse lyghtnes? Or thynke I carnallye those thinges, which I thinke? that with me should be yea yea, and nay nay?

¹³ Go to nowe ye that saye: to daye, and to morowe let vs go into suche a cytye and contynue there a yeare and bye and sel, and wynne: ¹⁴ and yet can not tell what shall happen to morowe. For what thynge is youre lyfe? It is euen a vapoure that appeareth for a lyttel tyme, and then vanysheth awaye: ¹⁵ For that ye oughte to saye: yf the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue, let vs do thys or that.

⁶⁷ In the mornyng thou shalt saye, wold God it were nyght. And at nyght thou shalt saye, wolde God it were mornynge: for feare of thyne herte which thou shalt feare, and for the syght of thyne eyes which thou shalt se.

³ Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes longe (but in vayne) and manye a carefull nyght haue I tolde. ⁴ When I layed me downe to slepe, I sayde: O when shall I ryse? Agayne, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorowe, tyll it be darcke.

¹³ When I thynke: my bed shall comforte me. I shall haue some refresshynge by talckinge by my self vpon my couche: ¹⁴ Then troublest thou me with dreames, and makest me so afrayed thorowe visions,

¹⁴ Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse, to murthur the simple and poore, & in the night they go a stealynge. ¹⁵ The eye of the vngodly is lyke the aduouterer, that wayteth for the darckenesse, & sayeth thus in hym selfe: Tush, there shall no man se me, & so he disgyseth his face. ¹⁶ In the nighte ceason they searche the houses, and hyd them selues in the day tyme, but wyll not knowe the light.

¹³ Then shulde I now haue lyen styll, I shulde haue slepte, & bene at rest:

²¹ afore I go thether, from whence I shall not turne agayne. Namely, to that lande of darcknesse & shadowe of death: ²² ye into that darck clowdy lande & deadly shadow, where as is no ordre, but terrible feare as in the darcknesse.

¹⁴ Maye a deed man lyue agayne? All the dayes of thys my pilgremage am I lokynge, when my chaunginge shall come.

¹ My breth fayleth, my dayes are shortened. I am harde at deathes dore.

²³ Sure I am, that thou wilt delyuer me vnto death: where as a lodgynge is prepared for all men lyuinge.

¹⁴ O tary thou the Lordes leisure, be strong let thyne hert be of good comfort, and wayte thou still for the Lorde.

⁸ If I clyme vp into heauen, thou art there if I go doune to hel, thou art there also.

² that he him selfe myght be in reste, lye quietly vpon his bed, & lyue after his owne pleasure.

²⁵ Teth. O how good is the Lord vnto them, that put their truste in him, & to the soule that seketh after him? ²⁶ O how good is it with stylnesse to wate & tarye, for the health of the Lorde?

²⁸ were as I (notwithstandynge) must consume lyke as a foule carion, and as a cloth that is moth aten.

²⁶ that I shal be clothed againe wyth thys skynne, & se God in my fleshe.

²⁶ Nowe slepe they bothe a lyke in the earthe, and the wormes couer them.

³² Yet shall he be brought to his graue, and watche amonge the heape of the deade. ³³ Then shall he be faine to be buryed amonge the stones by the broke syde. All men must folow him, and there are innumerable gone before him.

²⁰ O that all compassion vpon them were forgotten: that their dayntyes were wormes, that they were cleane put oute of remembraunce, & vtterly hewen doune lyke an vnfrutefull tree.

³⁰ My skinne vpon me is turned to blacke, and my bones are brent with heate,

¹⁰ For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, neither shalt thou suffre thy saincte to se corrupcion.

⁹ Yea, though he liue longe, and se not the graue.

¹¹ Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone doune to hell. Mothes shalbe layde vnder the, and wormes shalbe thy coueringe.

²⁷ because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hel, neyther wylte suffer thine holy, to se corruption. ²⁸ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe, and shalte make me full of ioye, wt thy countenaunce. ²⁹ Men and brethren, let me frely speake vnto you of the patriarche Dauid: For he is both dead and buryed, and hys sepulchre remaineth wyth vs vnto this daye. ³⁰ Therfore seiyng he was a Prophet, and knew that God had sworne wyth an othe to hym, that the fruyte of hys loynes shoulde sit on hys seat (in that Christ shoulde ryse agayne in the flesh) ³¹ he sawe before: and spake of the resurreccion of Christ, that hys soule shoulde not be lefte in hell: neyther hys fleshe should se corruption.

³⁴ As concernyng that he raysed hym vp from death, nowe no more to returne to corrupcion, he sayed on thys wyse. The holy promyses made to Dauid, I wyll geue them faythfully to you. ³⁵ Wherfore he sayth also in another place: Thou shalte not suffer thyne holy one to se corrupcyon. ³⁶ Howbeit Dauid after he had in hys tyme fulfylled the wyll of God, he slepte, and was layde with hys fathers, and sawe corrupcyon. ³⁷ But he whome God raysed agayne, sawe no corrupcyon.

⁴² So is the resurreccion of the dead. It is sowen in corruption, and ryseth in incorruption.

⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilitie; and this mortal muste put on immortalytye. ⁵⁴ When this corruptible, hath put on incorruptibilitie, and this mortal hath put on immortalite, then shalbe brought to passe the saiyng that is written.

⁶ Is not this thy feare, thy stedfastnesse, thy pacience, and the perfectnesse of thy wayes?

¹⁵ Lo, there is nether conforte nor hope for me, yf he wyll slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his syght,

¹⁰ He hath destroyed my on euery syde, & I am vndone: My hope hath he taken awaye from me, as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote.

¹⁷ There must the wycked ceasse from their tyranny, there soch as are ouerlaboured be at rest: ¹⁸ there are those let out fre, whych haue bene in preson, so that they heare nomore the voyce of the oppressour: ¹⁹ There are small and greate: the bonde man, and he that is fre from his mayster.

¹³ He shall eate the strength of his skynne, the fyrste borne of death shall eate hys membres. ¹⁴ All his comforte & hope shalbe roted out of his dwellynge, very fearfulnesse shall bringe hym to the kynge.

¹⁸ kepeth hys soule from destruccyon, and his life from the swearde. ¹⁹ He chasteneth hym wyth sycknesse, and bryngeth hym to hys bedde: he layeth sore punyshment vpon hys bones, ²⁰ so that hys lyfe maye awaye wyth no bread, & hys soule abhorreth to eate anye dayntye meate. ²¹ In so muche that hys body is cleane consumed awaye, and hys bones apeare no more. ²² Hys soule draweth on to destruccyon, & hys lyfe to death. ²³ Nowe yf there be a messenger (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto man, and to shewe hym the ryght waye: ²⁴ then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym, & sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, that he fall not doune to destruccyon, for I am suffycyentlye reconcyled. ²⁵ Then hys fleshe (which hath bene in myserye and trouble) shalbe as it was in hys youth. ²⁶ For yf he submytte hym self vnto God he is gracyous, and sheweth hym his countenaunce ioyfully, and rewardeth man for hys ryghtuousnes. ²⁷ Suche a respecte hath he vnto men. Therfore let a man confesse (and saye) I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I dyd vnryghteouslye, neuerthelesse he hath not recompensed me thereafter. ²⁸ Yea he hath delyuered my soule from destruccyon, and my lyfe, that it seeth the lyght.

⁴ I am counted as one of them that go downe vnto the pitte, I am euen as a man that hath no strength. ⁵ Fre among the dead, like vnto them that lye in the graue, whyche be out of remembraunce, and are cutte away from thy hand. ⁶ Thou hast layed me, in the lowest pytte, in the darcknesse and in the depe. ⁷ Thyne indignacion lieth harde vpon me, and thou vexest me wyth all thy floudes Selah. ⁸ Thou hast put awaye myn acquaintance farre fro me, and made me to be abhorred of them: I am so faste in pryson, that I can not get forth.

⁷ Heare me, O Lorde, & that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not thy face fro me, lest I be lyke vnto theym that go doune into the graue.

¹⁷ Neuertheles my conuersacyon hath so pleased the, that thou woldest not make an ende of my lyfe: so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy back. ¹⁸ For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnyfye the. They that go downe into the graue, prayse not thy trueth:

¹¹ Moreouer, he sayde vnto me: Thou sonne of man, these bones are the whole house of Israell. Beholde, they saye: Oure bones are dryed vp, oure hope is gone, we are clene cut of.

⁶ I went downe to the botome af the hylles, and was barred in wyth earth for euer. But thou, O Lorde my God, haste brought vp my lyfe agayne out of corrupcyon.

⁹ Also we receiued and aunswere of death in our selues, and that because we woulde not put oure truste in oure selues: but in God, whiche rayseth the dead to lyfe again,