Job 5 Cross References - Matthew

¹ Name me one els, yf thou canst fynde eny: yee loke aboute the, vpon eny of the holye men. ² As for the folyshe man, displeasure kylleth hym, and anger slayeth the ignoraunt. ³ I haue sene my selfe, when the folishe was depe roted, that hys bewty was sodenly destroied, ⁴ that his chyldren were without prosperite or healt: that they were slayne in the dore, and no man to delyuer them: ⁵ that hys haruest was eaten vp of the hungrye: that the weapened man had spoyled it, and that the thurstye had droncke vp his riches. It is not the earth that bringeth forth trauayle, ⁶ neither commeth sorow out of the grounde: ⁷ but is man, that is borne vnto mysery, lyke as the byrde for to fle. ⁸ But now wyll I speake of the Lorde, and talke of God: ⁹ which doeth thinges, that are vnsearcheable, and marueles without nombre: ¹⁰ Which geueth rayne vpon the earth, and poureth water vpon all thinges: ¹¹ whiche setteth vp them of lowe degre, and sendeth prosperite, to those that are in heuinesse: ¹² Which destroyeth the deuyces of the sotyll, so that they are not able to performe the thinges that they take in hande: ¹³ whyche compasseth the wyse in theyr owne craftynesse, and ouerthroweth the councell of the wycked? ¹⁴ In so much that they runne into darcknesse by fayre daye, & grope aboute them at the none daye, lyke as in the nyght. ¹⁵ And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde, from their mouth, and from the hande of the cruell, ¹⁶ that the poore maye haue hope, and that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped. ¹⁷ Beholde, happye is the man, whom God punisheth: therfore, despyse not thou the chastenynge of the Almyghty. ¹⁸ For though he make a wound, he geueth a medicine againe: though he smyte, hys hande maketh whole agayne. ¹⁹ He delyuereth the oute of syxe troubles so that in the seuenth there can no harme touch the. ²⁰ In the middest of honger he saueth the from death: and when it is warre, from the power of the swearde. ²¹ He shal kepe the from the perlous tonge that so when trouble commeth, thou shalt not nede to feare. ²² In destruccion & derth thou shalt be mercy, & shalt not be afrayed for the beastes of the earth: ²³ But the castels in the land shal be confederate with the, & the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace. ²⁴ Ye thou shalt knowe, that thy dwellinge place shalbe in reste: thou shalt beholde thy substaunce, & be nomore punished for synne ²⁵ Thou shalt se also, that thy sede shall encrease, and that thy posteryte shalbe as the grasse vpon the earth. ²⁶ Thou shalt come to thy graue in a fayre age, lyke as the corne sheeues are brought into the barne in due season. ²⁷ Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues haue proued by experience. Therfore now that thou hearest it, take better hede to thy selfe.

² sayinge: The Lorde came frome Sinai, & shewed hys beames from Seir vnto them, & appered gloriously from mount Pharan, and he came wyth thousandes of saintes & in his right hand a lawe of fyre for them. ³ How loued he the people? Al his saintes are in hys hande. They ioyned theym selues vnto thy fote, and receyued thy wordes.

¹⁸ Behold there is no trust to his seruauntes, and in his aungelles hath he founde frowardnes.

⁸ hast thou hearde the secrete councel of God, that all wysdome is to lytle for the? ⁹ What knowest thou, that we knowe not? What vnderstandest thou, but we can the same? ¹⁰ Wyth vs are olde and aged men, ye suche as haue lyued longer then thy forfathers.

¹⁵ Beholde there is no trust to hys sanctes: ye the very heauens are not cleane in hys syght.

³ All my delytes is vpon the saynctes that are in the earth, and vpon suche lyke.

¹⁶ They angred Moyses in the tentes, & Aaron the saynct of the Lord.

¹ Be styll (ye Ilandes) and herken vnto me. Be stronge ye people, Come hether, and shewe youre cause, we wyll go to the lawe together.

²¹ Stande at your cause (sayeth the Lorde) & brynge forth your stroungest grounde, counceleth the Kynge of Iacob. ²² Let the goddes come forth them selues, & shewe vs the thynges that are past, what they be: let them declare them vnto vs, that we maye take them to herte, and knowe them herafter. ²³ Ether, let them shewe vs thynges for to come, and tell vs what shalbe done her after: so shal we knowe, that they be goddes. Shewe somthing, ether good or bad: so wyll we both knowledge the same, and tell it out.

¹ Paule an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyll of God. To the Saynctes whiche are at Ephesus, & to them whiche beleue on Iesus Christe.

¹ Wherfore let vs also (seyng that we are compassed wyth so great a multytude of witnesses) laye awaye all that presseth doune, and the synne that hangeth on and let vs runne, wyth pacience vnto the batayle that is set before vs

¹ When Rahel sawe that she bare Iacab no chyldren, she enuied hyr sister, and sayd vnto Iacob Geue me children, or els I am but dead.

⁸ Then was Saul exceding wroth & the sayinge displeased him, and he sayde: they haue ascrybed vnto Dauid ten thousand, and to me but a thousande, & what can he more haue saue the kyngdome? ⁹ wherfore Saul loked on syde of Dauid from that daye forward.

⁴ Why destroyest thou thy selfe with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones remoued oute of their place because of the?

¹ To the chaunter, of Dauid. The folyshe bodyes saye in their hertes: tushe, there is no God. They are corrupt, & become abhominable in their doynges, there is not one that doth good.

⁴ I sayde vnto the madde people, deale not so madly, and to the vngodly set not vp your hornes.

⁶ An vnwyse man will not knowe thys, and a foole will not vnderstande it.

¹⁷ Folysh men were plaged for their offence and because of their wickednesse.

²² O ye chyldren, how longe will ye loue chyldyshnesse? how long wil the, scorners delite in scorning & the vnwise be enemies vnto knowlege? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo. I wil expres my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes.

⁵ Take hede vnto knowlege O ye ignoraunt, be wyse in hert O ye foles.

¹⁶ A foole vttereth his wrath in all the hast, but a discrete man forgeueth wrong.

⁹ Be not hastelye angrye in thy mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.

¹¹ Ephraim is lyke a doue, that is begyled, and hathe no herte. Nowe call they vpon the Egipcians, nowe go they to the Assyryans,

⁹ And God sayde vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayde: yee very angrie am I euen vnto the death.

⁸ But vnto them that are rebellious and disobey the trueth, and folowe iniquitie, shall come indignacion and wrath,

⁶ Of thys sorte are they which enter into houses, & bring into bondage women laden wyth synne which women are lede of dyuers lustes,

¹⁵ Cursed be he that maketh anye carued ymage or ymage of metall (an abhominacion vnto the Lord, the worke of the hands of the craftesman) and putteth it in a secret place: and all the people shall answere & saye Amen. ¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth hys father or his mother, and all the people shall saye Amen. ¹⁷ Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marcke and all the people shall saye Amen. ¹⁸ Cursed be he that maketh the blynd go out of his waye, & all the people shall saye Amen. ¹⁹ Cursed be he that hyndreth the right of the straunger, fatherlesse and wydowe, and all the people shall saye Amen. ²⁰ Cursed be he that lyeth wyth hys fathers wyfe because he hath opened hys fathers couerynge, and all the people shal saye Amen. ²¹ Cursed be he that lyeth wyth anye maner beast, and all the people shall saye Amen. ²² Cursed be he that lieth wt his syster whether shee be the daughter of hys father or of hys mother, and all the people shall saye Amen. ²³ Cursed be that lyeth wyth hys mother in lawe, and all the people shall saye Amen. ²⁴ Cursed be he that smiteth his neyghbour secretly, and all the people shall saye Amen. ²⁵ Cursed be he that taketh a rewarde to sle innocent bloude, & all the people shal saye Amen. ²⁶ Cursed be he that mayntayneth not the wordes of thys lawe to do them, and all the people shal say Amen.

¹⁸ The vngodly is very swyft. O that his porcion also vpon earth were swyfter then the runninge water, whiche suffreth not the shipman to beholde the fayre & pleasaunt vineiardes.

⁸ What hope hath the ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him ryches after his hertes desire?

³⁵ I my selfe haue sene the vngodly in great power, & florishinge lyke a grene baye tree: ³⁶ but when I went by, lo, he was gone: I sought hym, but he coulde no where be founde.

²⁵ Let theyr habytacyon be voyd, and no man to dwel in ther tentes.

³ And why? I was greued at the wicked, to se the vngodly in suche prosperitie. ⁴ For they are in no parell of deathe, but stande fast lyke a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune lyke other folke, neither are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, and ouerwhelmed with crueltie & vnrighteousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ Corrupte are they, and speake blasphemyes maliciouslye, proude and presumpteous are their wordes. ⁹ They stretche forth their mouthe vnto the heauen, and their tongue goeth thorow the worlde.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery place, that thou mayst cast them doune headlinges and destroye them. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearful ende? ²⁰ Yea, euen like as a dreame when one awaketh, so makest thou their ymage too vanysh out of the cytye.

⁷ That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer.

¹ O Lorde, thou art more rightuous then that I shulde dyspute with the: Neuertheles, lett me talke wyth the in thynges resonable. How happeneth it, that the waye of the vngodlye is so prosperous: and that it goeth so well with them, which (without eny shame) offende and lyue in wyckednesse? ² Thou plantest them, they take rote, they growe, and brynge forth fruite: They booste moch of the, yet doest thou not punish them. ³ But thou Lorde (to whom I am well knowne) thou that hast sene, and proued my herte, take them awaye, lyke as a flocke is caryed to the slaughter house, & apoynte them for the daye of slaughter.

²⁰ It is written in the boke of Psalmes: His habitacion be voide, and no man be dwelling ther in: and his Byshoprycke let another take.

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:

¹⁹ & sodenly there came a mightie greate wynde out of the South, and smote the .iiij. corners of the house, which fell vpon thy chyldren, so that they are deed: and I am gotten awaye alone, to tell the.

¹⁰ The roarynge of the lyon, the voyce of the lyonesse, and the teeth of the lyons whelpes are broken ¹¹ The lyon perissheth, for lacke of praye & the lyons whelpes are scatered abrode.

⁴ When thy sonnes synned agaynst hym, dyd not he punish them for theyr wyckednesse?

⁷ where as (notwithstandynge) thou knowest that I am no wycked person, and that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thyne hande.

¹⁶ Hys rotes shalbe dryed vp beneth, and aboue shall his haruest be cutt downe. ¹⁷ Hys remembraunce shall perish from the earth, & hys name shall not be praysed in the stretes: ¹⁸ he shalbe dryuen from the lyght into darcknesse, and be cast cleane out of the world. ¹⁹ He shall nether haue chyldren nor kynsfolckes amonge his people, no, ner eny posterite in his countre:

¹⁴ Yf he get many chyldren, they shal perishe with the swearde, and hys posterite, shal haue scarcenesse of bread.

² Lest he deuoureth vp my soule lyke a lion and teare it in peces whyle ther is none to helpe,

⁹ Let hys chyldren be fatherlesse, and hys wyfe a wydowe. ¹⁰ Let his children be vagabaundes, and bege their breade: lette them seke it, as they that be destroyed. ¹¹ Let the extorcioner consume al that he hath and let straungers spoyle his laboure. ¹² Let ther be no man to pytye, ner to haue compassyon vpon his fatherles chyldren. ¹³ Let hys ende be destruccyon, & in the next generacion let his name be cleane put oute. ¹⁴ Let the wickednesse of his fathers be had in remembraunce in the syght of the Lorde & and let not the synne of hys mother be done awaye. ¹⁵ Let them alway be before the Lorde, but as for the memoryall of them selues, let it perysh from out of the earth.

¹⁵⁵ Health is farre from the vngodly, for thei regarde not thy statutes.

⁵ Happy is the man, that hathe his quyuerful of them: they shal not be ashamed, when they speake with their enemyes in the gate.

¹² as for the multitude of your wickednesses and your stout synnes, I know them ryghte well. Euemyes are ye of the ryghtuous, ye take rewardes, ye oppresse the poore in iudgement.

⁴ Or those .xviij. vpon whome the towre in Siloe fell, & slewe them, thinke ye that they were sinners aboue all men that dwell in Hierusalem? ⁵ I tell you naye: But excepte ye repente, ye shal al lykewyse peryshe.

³³ The frute of thy lande and all thy laboures shall a nacion which thou knowest not, eate, and thou shalt but suffre vyolence only & be oppressed alwaye:

⁵¹ And he shall eate the frute of thy lande and the frute of thy catell vntill he haue destroyed the: so that he shall leaue the nether corne, wyne, nor oyle, nether the encrease of thyne oxen nor the flockes of thy shepe: vntyll he haue brought the to nought.

³ For when Israel had sowen, then came the Madianites the Amalechites, & they of the east contreye vpon them & pitched their tentes agaynste them ⁴ & destroyed the encrease of the earth euen vnto Azah, & left no sustinaunce in Israel, neyther shepe, oxe or asse, ⁵ for they came wyth theyr cattell & housholdes euen as greshopers in multitude: so that both they & also theyr camels were wythoute nombre. And they entrede the land to destroy it. ⁶ And so was Israel excedyngly impoueresshed by the Madianites & cryed vnto the Lord.

¹¹ And the Angel of the Lorde came and sate vnder an Ocke in Ephrah, that pertayned vnto Ioas the father of the Eserytes. And his sonne Gedeon pressed out whete out of the eares in a presse, for to flee from the Madianites.

¹¹ Wherfore the Lorde brought vpon them the Capitaynes of the hoste of the Kynge of Assur, which toke Manasseh in an holde and bounde him with chaynes & caryed hym to Babylon.

¹⁵ the Sabees came in violently, and toke them all awaye: ye they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde and I only ranne my waye, to tell the.

¹⁷ In that meane season whyle he was yet speakynge there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, & fell in vpon thy camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne thy seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the:

³ Then sayde the Lorde vnto Sathan: hast thou not consydered my seruaunt Iob, how that he is an innocent and vertuous man soch one as feareth God, and extrueth euel, and that there is none lyke hym in the land? But thou mouedest me agaynst hym, to punyshe hym: yet is it in vayne, for he contynueth still in his godlynesse.

⁶ The houses of robbers are in wealth & prosperite, and they that maliciously medle agaynst God, dwell without care: ye God geueth all thinges rychely with hys hande.

⁸ For his fete shalbe taken in the nett, and he shall walke in the snare. ⁹ His fote shalbe holden in the gilder, and the thrustie shall catch him. ¹⁰ The snare is layed for him in the grounde, and a pitfall in the waye.

¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely

⁸ The Lorde hath sworne by his right hande, and by his strong arme, that from thence forthe he will not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, nor thy wyne (wherin thou hast laboured) to be dryncke for the straungers.

³⁴ Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon hath deuoured & destroyed me, he hath made me an emptye vessell. He swalowed me vp lyke a dragon, and filled his bely with my delycates: he hath cast me oute,

⁴⁴ Moreouer, I wyll vyset Bell at Babylon: and the thynge that he hath swalowed vp, that same shall I plucke out of hys mouth. The Gentyles also shall runne nomore vnto hym, yee and the walles of Babylon shall fall.

⁵ He. The Lorde is become lyke as it were an enemye, he hath cast downe Israell & all hys places: yee all his stronge holdes hath he destroyed, & fylled the daughter of Iuda wyth moch sorow and heuynesse.

¹⁶ Ain. All thyne enemyes gape vpon the, whisperynge and bytynge their teth, sayinge: let vs deuoure, for the tyme that we loked for, is come: we haue founde and sene it.

⁷ They haue sown wind therfore shall they reape a storme. Their sede shal beare no corne, there shal no meel be made of their increase: thoughe they reape, yet shall straungers deuoure it vp.

²⁷ Were it not that I feared the raylynge of theyr enemies, lest theyr aduersaries woulde be proude and saye: our hye hande hathe done all these worckes and not the Lorde.

⁹ And marke yf he go vp by the way that leadeth vnto his owne coaste, to Bethsames, then it is he that dyd vs thys great euyl. But & yf he do not, then it is not hys hande that smote vs, but it was a chaunce that hapened vs.

²⁹ If he delyuer and graunte pardon, who wil iudge or condemne? But yf he hyde away hys countenaunce, who wyll turne it aboute agayne, whether it be to the people or to anye man?

⁷ For we consume awaye in thy displeasure, and are afrayed at thy wrathful indignacion.

⁷ It is I that created the lyght and darcknes, I make peace & trouble yee euen I the Lorde do all these thinges.

³⁸ Out of the mouth of the mooste Hyghest goeth not euell and good?

⁴ They comen together, and sweare vayn othes: they be confederate together, therefore groweth their punyshement, as the wedes in the forowes of the lande.

⁶ Crye they oute alarum wyth the trompet in the cytye, and the people not afrayed? Commeth there anye plage in a cytye withoute it be the Lordes doynge?

¹⁵ And loked to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no rote of bytternes sprynge vp and trouble, and therebye manye be defyled,

¹⁷ And vnto Adam he sayd: For as moch as thou hast obeyed the voyce of thy wyfe, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commaunded the, sayinge: Se thou eate not therof: curssed be the erth for thy sake. In sorow shalt thou eate therof all dayes of thy lyfe: ¹⁸ And it shall beare thornes & thystels vnto the. And thou shalt eate the herbes of the feld. ¹⁹ In the swete of thy face shalt thou eate brede, vntyll thou returne vnto the erth whence thou wast taken: for erth thou art, & vnto erth shalt thou returne.

¹ Man that is borne of a woman, hath but a shorte tyme to lyue, and is full of diuerse miseries.

⁸ Thou settest our misdedes before the, and our secrete sinnes in the light of thy countenaunce. ⁹ For when thou art angrye, all oure dayes are gone, we brynge our yeares to an ende, as it were a tale that is tolde.

⁸ All thinges are so harde, that no man can expresse them. The eye is not satisfied with sight, the eare is not filled with hearing.

²² For what getteth a man of all the laboure and trauaile of his mind, that he taketh vnder the Sunne,

¹⁵ Lyke as he came naked out of his mothers wombe, so goeth he thyther agayn, and carieth nothing away with hym of all his labour. ¹⁶ This is a miserable plage, that he shal go away euen as he came. What helpeth it hym then, that he hath labored in the wynde? ¹⁷ All the dayes of his life also muste he eate in the darke, with greate carefulnesse, syckenesse and sorowe.

¹³ There hath none other temptacion taken you, but suche as foloweth the nature of man. But God is faythful whiche shall not suffre you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall in the middest of the temptacion make a waye to escape out.

⁷ Then was Iacob greatly afrayed, & wyste not whych way to turne him selfe, and deuided the people that was wyth hym, and the shepe, oxen, & camels, into .ij. companyes, ⁸ & sayd: If Esau come to the one part & smite it the other maye saue it selfe. ⁹ And Iacob said: O god of mi father Abraham, & God of my father Isaac: Lord whiche saydest vnto me, returne vnto thy countrye & to thy kynred, & I wyll do all well with the. ¹⁰ I am not worthy of the leaste of all the mercies & trueth whyche thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt. For wyth my stafe came I ouer thys Iordane, & now haue I goten two droues. ¹¹ Deliuer me from the handes of my brother Esau: for I feare hym: least he wyll come and smyte the mother wyth the chyldren. ¹² Thou saydest that thou wouldest surely do me good, and wouldest make my sede as the sande of the sea, whyche canne not be numbred for multitude.

¹² And when he was in trybulacyon he besonght the Lorde his God, & humbled hym selfe exceadynglye before the God of hys fathers, ¹³ & made intercessyon to hym: and he was entreated of hym and hearde hys prayer and brought hym agayne to Ierusalem into hys kyngdom. And then Manasseh knewe how that the Lorde was the very God.

⁵ If thou woldest now resorte vnto God by tymes, & make thyne humble prayer to the Almyghtye:

²¹ Therfore reconcile the vnto God, and be content, so shall all thinges prospere wyth the ryghtwell.

²⁷ Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto hym, and he shal heare the, and thou shalt kepe thy promises.

⁵ Committe thy waye vnto the Lorde, sette thy hope in hym, and he shall brynge it too passe.

¹⁵ And call vpon me in the tyme of trouble, so wyll I heare the, that thou shalte thanke me.

¹ To the chaunter, for Iduthun. a Psalme of Asaph. I cryed vnto God wyth my voyce, yea vnto God cryed I wyth my voyce, and he hearde me. ² In the tyme of my trouble I soughte the Lorde, I helde vp myne handes vnto him in the night season, for my soule refused all other comforte.

¹ And Ionas prayed vnto the Lord his God, out of the fysshes bely, ² & sayde: In my trouble I called vnto the Lord, & he herde me: out of the bely of hell I cryed, and thou herdest my voyce. ³ Thou haddest cast me downe depe in the myddest of the sea, and the floude compassed me aboute: yee all thy waues and roules of water went ouer me, ⁴ I thought that I had bene cast awaye out of thy syght: but I wyll yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple. ⁵ The waters compased me, euen to the very soule, the depe laye aboute me, and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne head. 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. ⁷ When my soule faynted within me, I thought vpon the Lord: & my prayer came in vnto the, euen in to thy holy temple.

¹² for the whiche cause I also suffer these thinges. Neuerthelesse I am not ashamed. For I know whom I haue beleued, and am sure that he is able to kepe that whiche I haue commytted to hys kepyng, agaynst that daye.

²³ which when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not: but commytted the cause to him that iudgeth ryghtuously,

¹⁹ Wherfore let them that suffer according to the wil of God, commit their soules to him with wel doing, as vnto a faythfull creator.

¹⁰ He doth greate thynges, soch as are vnsearcheable, ye and wonders without nombre.

⁷ Wylt thou fynde out God with thy sekinge? wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almyghtye? ⁸ He is hyer then heauen, what wilt thou do? Deper then the hell, howe wylt thou then know him? ⁹ Hys length exceadeth the length of the erth, & his bredth the bredth of the sea.

⁵ The gyauntes & worthies that are slayne, and lye vnder the worlde with their companions: ⁶ yea & all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruccion it selfe can not be kepte oute of his sighte. ⁷ He stretched oute the north ouer the emptie, & hangeth the earth vpon nothinge. ⁸ He bindeth the water in hys cloudes, that they fall not doune together. ⁹ He holdeth back his stoul, that it can not be sene, and spredeth his cloudes before it. ¹⁰ He hath compaseth the waters wt certayne boundes, vntill the day and night come to an ende. ¹¹ The very pillers of heauen tremble & quake at his reprofe. ¹² He stilleth the sea with his power, and thorow hys wisdom hath he set forthe the world. ¹³ Wyth his spirites hath he garnisshed the heauens, & with his hand hath he wounded the rebellious serpent. ¹⁴ This is nowe a short summe of his doynges. But who is able sufficiently to rehearse his workes? Who can perceyue and vnderstand the thondre of his power?

⁵ when God sendeth oute hys voyce: greate thynges doth he, whiche we can not comprehende.

³ For who can kepe his owne councell so secrete, but it shalbe knowne? Therfore haue I spoken vnwysely, seyng these thynges are so hye, & passe myne vnderstandynge.

⁵ O Lorde my God, greate are thy wonderous worckes whiche thou haste done: and in thy thoughtes toward vs there maye none be likened vnto the. I wold declare them, and speake of them: but they are so manye, that they can not be tolde.

¹⁸ Blessed be the Lorde God, euen the God of Israell, whiche onely doeth wonderous thinges.

¹⁰ For thou art great, thou dost wonderous thinges, thou art God alone.

¹⁸ If I tell them, they are mo in numbre then the sande: when I wake vp, I am presente with the.

²⁸ Knowest thou not, or hast thou not hearde, that the euerlastynge God the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth, is nether weery nor faynt, & that his wysdome can not be comprehended,

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

²⁶ when he set the rayne in ordre, and gaue the mighty floudes a lawe?

²⁸ to gether for to raygne, so that they poure downe and droppe vpon men.

²⁶ that it watereth & moystureth the drye and baren grounde, ²⁷ to make the grasse growe in places where no body dwelleth, and in the wyldernes where no man remayneth? ²⁸ Who is the father of rayne? Or who hath begotten the droppes of dewe?

⁹ Thou visitest the earth, thou waterest it. and makest it very plenteous. The riuer of god is ful of waters, thou preparest man hys corne, and thus thou prouydeste for the earth. ¹⁰ Thou waters, her forowes, thou breakest the harde clottes thereof, thou makest it softe with the droppes of rayne, and blessest the increase of it. ¹¹ Thou crownest the yeare wyth thy good and thy fotsteppes droppe fatnesse.

⁸ Which couereth the heauen wyth cloudes, prepareth rayn for the earth, & maketh the grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes.

²⁴ They thincke not in theyr hertes: O let vs feare the Lorde oure God, that geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is, which kepeth euer styll the harueste for vs yearlye.

¹³ At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre, he draweth vp the cloudes from the vttermoste partes of the earth: he turneth lyghtenyng to rayne, & bryngeth forth the windes oute of theyr treasures:

²² Are there eny amonge the goddes of the Gentiles that sende rayne or geue the showers of heauen? Doest not thou it O Lorde oure God, in whom we trust? Yee Lorde, thou doest all these thinges.

⁷ When here were but thre monethes vnto the haruest I wythhelde the rayne from you: yea I rayned vpon one cytye, and not vpon another, one pece of grounde was moystured wyth rayne, and the grounde that I rayned not vpon was drye.

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse he lefte not hym selfe without wytnes, in that he shewed hys benefytes, in geuynge vs rayne from heauen, and fruteful ceasons, fyllyng our hertes with fode and gladnes.

²⁷ that is the dwellyng place of God from the begynnynge, and from vnder the armes of the worlde: he hath caste out thyne enemyes before the and sayed destroy.

⁷ The Lorde maketh pore, and maketh ryche, bryngeth lowe, and heueth vp on hye. ⁸ He reyseth vp the poore out of the duste, and lyfteth vp the begger from the dong hill: to set them among princes, and to enheret them with the seate of glory. For the pyllers of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the rounde worlde vpon them.

¹⁴ Because he hath set his loue vppon me, I shall deliuer hym: I shal defende him, for he hath knowen my name.

⁴¹ Yet helpeth he the poore out of misery (at the last) and maket hym an housholde lyke a flocke of shepe.

⁷ Which taketh vp the simple out of the dust and lyfteth the poore out of the myre.

²⁴ And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the Lord haue brought doune the hye tree, and set the low tre vp: that I haue dryed vp the grene tree, and made the drye tree to florysh. Euen I the Lorde that spake it, haue also brought it to passe.

⁵² He putteth doune the mightye from their seates, and exalteth them of low degre. ⁵³ He fylleth the hongry with good thinges, & sendeth away the ryche empty.

²¹ Blessed are ye that honger nowe: for ye shalbe satisfyed. Blessed are ye that wepe nowe for ye shall laughe.

⁹ Let the brother of low degre reioyce in that he is exalted,

⁶ but geueth more grace. ⁷ Submytte your selues to God, and resiste the deuyl, and he wyll flye from you. ⁸ Drawe nye to God, and he wyll drawe nye to you. Clense youre handes ye synners, and purge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded. ⁹ Suffer afflictyons: sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge and youre ioye to heauynes. ¹⁰ Cast doune your selues before the Lorde, and he shal lyfte you vp.

³ Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christe, whiche thorowe his aboundaunt mercye begat vs agayne vnto lyuely hope by the resurreccyon of Iesus Christe from death,

¹⁰ The God of al grace, which called you vnto his eternal glory by Christe Iesus, shall hys owne selfe after ye haue suffred a litle affliccion make you perfecte, shall settle, strength and stablishe you.

¹⁵ Neuertheles when oure enemyes hearde, that we had gotten worde of it, God broughte their councell to nought, and we turned all agayue to the wall, euery one vnto his laboure.

¹⁶ With hym is strength and wysdome: he knoweth bothe the disceyuer & hym that is disceyued. ¹⁷ He caryeth awaye the wyse men, as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wyttes.

¹¹ For they intended mischief agaynst the, & ymagined suche deuyces, as they were not able to perfourme.

¹⁰ The Lorde bryngeth the counsayl of the Heythen to naught, and turneth the deuyces of the people. ¹¹ But the counsayll of the Lorde endureth, and the thoughtes of his herte from generacion to generacion.

¹⁷ For the armes of the vngodly shalbe broken, but the Lorde vpholdeth the ryghteous.

³⁰ There is no wysdome ther is no vnderstandyng, there is no councell agaynste the Lorde.

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.

³ And Egypt shalbe choked in her selfe. When they aske councel at their goddes, at their prophetes, at their sothsayers & witches, then will I brynge their councell to naught.

³⁶ Thus the angel went forth, and slewe of the Assyrians hoste, an .clxxxv. thousande. And when men arose, vp earlye (at Ierusalem:) Beholde, all laye full of deed bodyes.

¹¹ And when Peter was come to hym selfe, he sayde. Nowe I knowe of a suretye, that the Lorde hath sent hys aungell, and hath delyuered me out of the hande of Herode, and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes.

¹² When daye was come, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, & made a vowe, saiynge, that they woulde neyther eate nor drynke, tyll they had kylled Paul. ¹³ They were about .xl. which had made thus conspiracyon. ¹⁴ And they came to the chiefe priestes and elders, and sayde: we haue bounde our selues with a vowe, that we wyll eate nothynge vntyll we haue slayne Paule. ¹⁵ Nowe therfore geue ye knoweledge to the vpper captayne & to the counsell, that he brynge hym forthe vnto vs to morowe as thoughe we woulde knowe some thynge more perfectlye of hym: But we, or euer he come neare, are readye in the meane season to kyll hym. ¹⁶ When Paules systers sonne heard of theyr laiyng awayt: he went & entred into the castle, and tolde Paul. ¹⁷ And Paul called one of the vnder captaynes to hym, and sayde: brynge thys yongemen to the hye captayne, for he hathe a certayne thinge to shewe hym. ¹⁸ And he toke hym, & led hym to the hygh captayne, & sayde: Paul the prysoner called me vnto hym, and prayed me to brynge thys yonge man vnto the whiche hath a certayne matter to shewe the. ¹⁹ The hye captayne toke him by the hande, and wente aparte with hym oute of the way, and axed hym, what haste thou to saye vnto me? ²⁰ And he sayde: the Iewes are determyned to desyre the that thou wouldest brynge forthe Paule to morowe into the counsell, as though they woulde enquyre some what of him more perfectely. ²¹ But folowe not theyr myndes: for there lye in wayte for hym of them, moo then .xl. men, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, that they wyll neyther eate nor drinke tyll they haue kylled hym. And now are they readye, and loke for thy promes. ²² The vpper captayne let the yonge man departe, & charged hym: se thou tel it out to no man that thou hast shewed these thynges to me.

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.

³⁴ And yf thou returne to the cytye: then shalt thou saye vnto Absalom: I wyl be thy seruaunt O kyng: thus long haue I ben thy fathers seruaunt, & now I am thyne. And destroye me the councell of Ahithophel.

²³ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not folowed, he sadelleth his asse, and arose, & gate hym home to hys owne house and to his own cytye, and put his housholde in order and hanged him selfe and dyed, and was buryed in the sepulchre of hys father.

⁴ And the king sayde: Who is in the courte? (for Haman was gone into the courte without before the kinges house, that he might speake vnto the king to hange Mardocheus on the tre, that he had prepared for him) ⁵ And the kinges seruauntes sayd vnto hym: beholde, Haman standeth in the courte. The kinge sayde: let him come in. ⁶ And when Haman came in, the king sayd vnto him: what shalbe done vnto the man, whom the kyng would fayne bryng vnto worship? But Haman thought in his herte: Whome shoulde the kynge els be glad to brynge vnto worshippe, but me? ⁷ And Haman sayde vnto the kynge: Let the man vnto whome the king woulde be glad in do worshippe, be broughte hyther, ⁸ that he maye be araied with the royall garmentes whyche the kinge vseth to weare: and the horse that the kynge rydeth vpon, and that the croune royall maye be set vpon hys heade. ⁹ And let this raiment & horse be delyuered vnder the hande of one of the kinges prynces, that he maye araye the man withall (whome the kinge woulde fayne honoure) and carie hym vpon the horse thorow the strete of the citie, & cause it to be proclamed before him: thus shall it be done to euery man, whom the kyng woulde fayn honoure. ¹⁰ The kinge saide: make haste, and take as thou hast sayde, the rayment and the horse: & do euen so with Mardocheus the Iewe that sytteth before the kynges gate, & let nothinge fayle of all that thou hast spoken. ¹¹ Then toke Haman the rayment and the horse, & arayed hym, and brought him on horsbacke thorowe the streate of the cytye, and proclamed before him: Euen thus shall it be done vnto euery man whom the king is dysposed to honoure.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the galowes that he had made for Mardocheus. Then was the Kynges wrath pacyfyed.

²⁵ and how Hester went and spake to the king, that thorow letters his wycked deuice (which he ymagined agaynst the Iewes) myght be turned vpon his owne heade, and howe he & hys sonnes were hanged on the tree.

¹⁵ He hath grauen & digged vp a pyt, but he shall fall hym selfe into the pitte that he hath made. ¹⁶ For hys vnhappinesse shall come vpon hys owne head, and hys wyckednes shal fal vpon hys owne pate.

¹⁵ As for the Heathen, thei are suncken doune in the pytte that they made: in the same nette which they spred out priuely, is their owne feete taken. ¹⁶ Thus the Lord is knowen to execute true iudgemente, when the vngodly is trapped in the woorkes of hys owne handes. Selah.

²⁶ With the cleane thou shalt be cleane, and with the frowarde thou shalte be frowarde.

⁷ For they haue priuely layed their nette to destroye me without a cause, yea, & made a pytte for my soule, which I neuer deserued. ⁸ Let a soden destruccion come vpon hym vnwares, & the nette that he had layed pryuely, catche hym selfe, that he maye fall into hys owne mischief.

³² for the Lorde abhorreth the froward, but hys secrete is amonge the rightuous.

⁵¹ He sheweth strength with his arme, he scattereth them that are proude in the ymagynacion of their hertes.

¹⁹ For it is written: I will destroye the wysdome of the wyse, and wyll caste awaye the vnderstandinge of the prudent. ²⁰ Where is the wyse? Where is the scribe? Where is the searcher of this worlde?

¹⁹ For the wysdome of this worlde is folyshnes wyth God. For it is wrytten: he compaseth the wyse in theyr craftynes.

²⁹ And thou shalt grope at none dayes as the blynd gropeth in darknesse, and shalt not come to the ryght waye. And thou shalt suffer wronge only & be polled euermore, and no man shall sucker the,

²⁵ & grope in the darcke without light, stackeringe to and fro lyke droncken men.

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware.

¹⁰ We grope like the blinde vpon the wal, we grope euen as one that hath none eyes. We stomble at the none daye, as thoughe it were toward night, in the fallynge places, lyke men that are halfe deade.

⁹ At the same tyme (sayeth the Lorde God) I shall cause the Sunne to go downe at none, and the land to be darcke in the cleare daye.

¹⁰ The roarynge of the lyon, the voyce of the lyonesse, and the teeth of the lyons whelpes are broken

¹⁴ Thys thou seyst, for thou consyderest the mysery and sorowe. The poore geueth him selfe ouer into thy hande, and committeth hym vnto the, for thou art the helper of the frendlesse.

¹⁷ Lord, thou hearest the desyrous longing of the poore: theyr hert is sure, that thine eare herkeneth therto.

¹⁰ All my bones shall saye: Lorde who is lyke vnto the? which deliuerest the poore from those that are to strong for him, yea, the poore and the nedy from hys robbers.

⁴ He shall kepe the symple folke by theyr ryght, defende the chyldren of the poore, and punish the wronge doer.

¹² For he shall delyuer the poore when he cryeth, and the neady that hath no helpe. ¹³ He shalbe fauorable to the simple & poore, he shall preserue the soules of suche as be in aduersitie.

³¹ For he standeth at the ryght hand of the pore, to saue hym from suche as condempne hys soule.

¹² Sure I am, that the Lorde wyll auenge the poore, & maynteyne the cause of the helpelesse.

⁷ And amonge all the chyldren of Israel shal not a dogge moue his tonge, nor yet manne or beaste: that ye maye knowe howe the Lorde putteth a difference betwene the Egyptians & Israel.

⁸ He reyseth vp the poore out of the duste, and lyfteth vp the begger from the dong hill: to set them among princes, and to enheret them with the seate of glory. For the pyllers of the earth are the Lordes, and he hath set the rounde worlde vpon them. ⁹ He wil kepe the fete of his sainctes, but the wicked shal kepe silence in darkenesse. For in his own myght shal no man be strong.

¹⁸ But the poore shall not all waye be oute of remembraunce, the pacyent abydynge of suche as be in trouble shall not peryshe for euer.

¹¹ But the Kynge shall reioyse in God: all they that sweare by him, shalbe commended for the mouth of lyers shalbe stopped.

⁴² The righteous will considre this & reioyse, the mouth of all wyckednesse shalbe stopped.

³² Who shall then maynteyne the messages of the Gentyles? But the Lorde stablisheth Sion, and the poore of my people shall put their truste in hym.

¹² Turne you nowe to the strong holde, ye that be in preson, & long sore to be delyuered: And this daye I brynge the word, that I wil rewarde the double agayn.

¹⁹ Yea and we knowe that whatsoeuer the law sayeth, he saith it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

¹² Blessed is the man, whome thou learnest (O LORDE) and teacheste hym in thy lawe.

¹¹ My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lorde, neyther faynte when thou arte rebuked of hym. ¹² For whome the Lord loueth hym he chasteneth: & yet deliteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne.

¹⁸ Moreouer I hearde Ephraim, that was led awaye captyue, complayne on thys maner: O Lorde, thou haste correcte me, and thy chastening haue I receyued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted, for thou arte my Lorde God:

⁵ And ye haue forgotten consolacyon, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: my sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde, neyther faynte when thou arte rebuked of hym: ⁶ For whom the Lord loueth, hym he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth euerye sonne that he receyueth. ⁷ Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth hym selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ Yf ye be not vnder correccyon (whereof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes. ⁹ Moreouer seynge we had fathers of oure fleshe whiche corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: shoulde we not muche rather be in subieccyon vnto the father of spyrytuall gyftes, that we myght lyue? ¹⁰ And they verely for a few dayes, nurtered vs after their owne pleasure, but he learneth vs vnto that whiche is profytable that we myght receyue of hys holynes. ¹¹ No maner chastisynge for the presente tyme semeth to be ioyeous, but greuous: neuerthelesse afterwarde, it bryngeth the quyet frute of ryghtuousnes vnto them whiche are therein exercysed.

¹² Happy is the man that endureth in temptacyon, for when he is tryed, he shal receyue the croune of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym.

¹¹ Beholde we count them happye whiche endure. Ye haue hearde of the pacience of Iob, & haue knowen what ende the Lorde made. For the Lorde is verye pytyfull and mercyfull.

¹⁹ As manye as I loue, I rebuke and chastes. Be feruent therfore and repente.

³⁹ Se nowe howe that I, I am he, and that there is no God but I. I can kyll and make a lyue, and what I haue smytten that I can heale: neyther is there that can deliuer anye man out of my hande.

⁶ The Lorde kylleth and maketh a lyue, bryngeth doune to hell & fetcheth vp agayne

³ He healeth the contryte in herte, and byndeth vp their woundes.

²⁶ the mone shall shyne as the sunne, and the sunne shyne shalbe seuen folde, and haue as much shyne, as in seuen dayes besyde. In that daye shall the Lorde bynde vp the brosed sores of hys people, and heale theyr woundes.

¹ In their aduersite they shal seke me, and said: come, let vs turne againe to the lord: for he hathe smyten vs, & he shall heale vs:

¹⁹ Great are the troubles of the righteous, but the Lorde delyuereth them out of all.

³ For he shall delyuer the from the snare of the hunter, and from the noysome pestylence. ⁴ He shall couer the vnder hys wynges, that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers: his faythfulnesse & trueth shalbe thy shylde and buckler. ⁵ So that thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for any bugges by night, nor for the arrowe that flyeth by daye. ⁶ For the pestilence that crepeth in the darkenesse, nor for the sikenesse that destroyeth in the noone daye. ⁷ A thousande shall fall beside the, and ten thousande at thy righthande, but it shall not come nye the. ⁸ Yea, with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde, and se the rewarde of the vngodly. ⁹ For thou Lorde art my hope, thou hast set thyne house of defence very hye. ¹⁰ There shall no euell happen vnto the, neither shall any plage come nye thy dwelling.

¹⁶ For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, and riseth vp againe, but the vngodly fal into wickednes.

⁸ Brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunt of oure trouble, whiche happened vnto vs in Asia. For we were greued out of measure passinge strength, so greatlye that we despeared euen of lyfe.

⁹ The Lorde knoweth howe to deliuer the Godlye out of temptacion, and howe to reserue the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punyshed,

⁷ Wherfore god sent me before you to make prouisyon, that ye myghte continue in the erthe and to saue youre lyues by a greate delyuerance.

⁶ And the rauens brought hym breade and fleshe euery mornyng and euery euenynge, and he drancke of the broke.

³ Thoughe an hooste of men were layed agaynst me, yet shall not my hert be afrayed: and though there rose vp warre agaynst me, yet wyll I put my trust in him.

¹⁹ That he maye delyuer their soules frome death, & to fede them in the deare tyme.

¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perlous tyme, and in the daies of derth thei shal haue ynough.

⁷ No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God.

¹⁰ Thou that geuest victory vnto kynges, & hast deliuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde.

³ The lorde wyll not let the soule of the ryghtuous suffer honger, but he putteth the vngodly from his desire.

¹⁶ He it is, that shall dwell on hye whose sauegarde shalbe in the true rocke, to him shal be geuen the right true meate and drincke.

¹⁴ had not I defended hym from the graue, and delyuered hym from deathe. O death, I wyl be thy death: O hel, I wil be thy stynge.

¹⁷ For the fygge trees shall not be grene, & the vynes shall beare no frute. The laboure of the olyue shalbe but lost, & the lande shall bringe no corne: the shepe shalbe taken oute of the fold & there shalbe no catel in the stalles.

⁶ Ye shall heare of warres? and of the fame of warres: but se that ye be not troubled. For all these thinges muste come to passe, but the ende is not yet.

²⁰ Thou hydest them priuely by thyne owne presence from the proude men, thou kepeste them secretly in thy tabernacle, from the strife of tonges.

²¹ Their mouthes are softer then butter, & yet haue they battayll in theyr mynde: theyr wordes are smoother then oyle, and yet be they very swerdes.

⁴ I lye wyth my soule among the cruel lions euen among the chyldren of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tonge a sherpe sweard.

⁵ So that thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for any bugges by night, nor for the arrowe that flyeth by daye. ⁶ For the pestilence that crepeth in the darkenesse, nor for the sikenesse that destroyeth in the noone daye. ⁷ A thousande shall fall beside the, and ten thousande at thy righthande, but it shall not come nye the.

¹⁸ A sclaunderous personne pricketh like a swerd, but a wise mans tonge is wholsome.

¹⁷ but al the weapens that are made agaynste the, shal not prospere. And as for all tunges, that shall resiste the in iudgement, thou shalte ouercome them, and condempne them. This is the herytage of the Lordes seruauntes, and the ryghtuousnes that they shal haue of me, sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁸ Then sayde they: come, let vs ymagyn smothynge agaynst this Ieremy. Yee thys dyd euen the prestes, to whom the lawe was commytted: the Senatours, that were the wysest, and the prophetes, whiche wanted not the worde of God. Come (sayde they) lett vs cut out hys tunge, & let vs not regarde his wordes.

⁵ euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson.

²¹ This is the kinge that the lorde sayth of him: he hath despysed the, O virgine doughter of Sihon: he hath shaked his head at the, thou doughter of Ierusalem:

¹³ Thou shalt go vpon the Lyon and Adder the yonge lyon and the Dragon shalte thou treade vnder thy fete.

⁹ There shalbe no lyon, and no rauyshynge beast shall come therin, nor be there, but men shall go there fre and safe.

²⁵ The wolfe and the lambe shall fede together, and the lyon shall eate haye like the bullocke. But earthe shalbe the serpentes meate. There shal noman hurte nor slaye another, in al my holy hyll, sayeth the Lorde.

²⁵ Moreouer, I wyll make a couenaunte of yeare with them, and driue al euyl beastes out of the lande: so that they maye dwell safelye in the wyldernes, and slepe in the wooddes.

¹⁸ Then will I make a couenaunte with them, with the wilde beastes, with the foules of the ayre, and with euery thinge that crepeth vpon the earth. As for bowe, swerde and battel, I will destroye suche out of the lande, & will make them to slepe safely.

⁶ And I wyl sende peace in youre lande that ye shall slepe, and no manne shal make you a frayde. And I wyll rydde euyll beastes oute of youre Lande, and there shall no swerde goo thorowe out your lande.

¹² They shall beare the in their handes, that thou hurt not thy fote agaynst a stone. ¹³ Thou shalt go vpon the Lyon and Adder the yonge lyon and the Dragon shalte thou treade vnder thy fete.

⁶ Then shall the wolfe dwell wyth the lambe, and the leoparde shall lye doune by the gote. Bullockes, lions and catel shal kepe company together, so that a lytle childe shall dryue them forthe. ⁷ The cowe and the Beare shall fede together, & their younge ones shall lye together. The Lyon shall eate strawe like the oxe, or the cowe. ⁸ The chylde whyle he sucketh, shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest, and when he is weaned, he shall put his hand into the Cochatryce denne. ⁹ No man shall do euyl to another, no man shall destroye another, in all the hyll of my Sanctuarye. For the earth shalbe full of the knowledge of the Lorde, euen as thoughe the water of the sea floweth ouer the earth.

¹⁵ If I brynge noysome beastes into the lande, to waste it vp, and it be so desolate, that no man maye go therein for beastes: ¹⁶ yf these thre men also were in the lande, as truelye as I lyue (sayth the Lorde God) they shall saue neither sonnes nor doughters, but be only delyuered them selues: and as for the lande, it shall be waste.

²² My God hath sent his aungell whiche hath shut the lyons mouthes, so that they might not hurte me. For why? myne vngiltinesse is founde oute before him. And as for the, O Kinge, I neuer offended the.

³⁸ Yea and I am sure that neyther death, neither life, neyther angels, nor rule, neythere power, neythere thinges presente, neyther thynges to come, ³⁹ neyther heyght, neyther loweth, neyther any other creature? shall be able to depart vs from the lowe of God, shewed in Christ Iesu our Lord.

⁶ Blessed shalt thou be, both when thou goest out, and blessed when thou comest in.

³ When Dauid and his men came to the citie, behold, it was burnt with fyre, and theyr wyues, their sonnes and their doughters were taken prisoners.

⁶ yf thou woldest lyue a pure and a godly lyfe: shulde he not wake vp vnto the immediatly, & geue the, the bewtie of rightuousnesse agayne?

⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in hys dwellynge, and hys candle shalbe put out with hym.

¹⁵ Other men shall dwell in his house (which now is none of his) and brymstone shalbe scatered vpon his habitacion.

²¹ Soche are now the dwellynges of the wycked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.

⁷ Wherfore do wicked men lyue in health and prosperite, come to their olde age, and increase in ryches? ⁸ Their childers children lyue in their syght, and their generacion before their eyes. ⁹ Their houses are safe from all feare, for the road of God doth not smyte them.

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

¹⁰ There shall no euell happen vnto the, neither shall any plage come nye thy dwelling.

⁴ They went astraye in the wildernesse in an vntroden waye, and founde no cytye too dwell in.

⁴⁰ Though he suffre them to be euell intreated thorow tyrauntes, or lette them wandre out of the waye in the wildernesse.

⁷ The Lorde preserueth the from all euyll, yea it is the Lorde that kepeth thy soule. ⁸ The Lorde preserueth thy goyng out and thy commynge in, from thys tyme forth for euer more.

⁵ Moreouer vpon al the dwellynges of the hyl of Syon, and vpon their whole congregacyon, shal the Lord prouyde a cloude & smoke by daye, and the shynynge of a flammynge fyre by nyght: for all their glorye shalbe preserued. ⁶ And Ierusalem shall be a tabernacle for a shadowe because of hete in the daye tyme, a place and refuge where a man may kepe him for wether and rayne.

⁵ And he brought him out of the dores, & sayd: loke vp vnto heauen, & tel the stars, if thou be able to numbre them. And said vnto hym: Euen so shal thy sede be.

⁹ And I wyl turne vnto you and encrease you & multyply you, and set vp my testament wyth you.

⁴ blessed shalbe the frute of thy body, the frute of thy grounde and the frute of thy catell, the frute of thyne oxen, and thy flockes of shepe,

¹³ He had chyldren also .vij. sonnes & .iij. doughters. ¹⁴ The fyrste called daye: the seconde Pouerte: the thyrde all plenteousnes. ¹⁵ In all the lande were none found so fayre, as the doughters of Iob, & theyr father gaue them enherytaunce amonge theyr brethren. ¹⁶ After this lyued Iob .xl. yares, so that he sawe his children, & his children children to the fourthe generacyon.

¹⁶ There shalbe an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles, his frute shal shake like Libanus, and shalbe grene in the cytye, lyke grasse vpon the earth.

² Hys sede shal be mighty vpon earth the generacyon of the faythfull shalbe blessed.

³ Lo, chyldren & the frute of the wombe are an heritage & gift, that commeth of the Lorde. ⁴ Lyke as the arrowes in the hande of the gyaunt, euen so are the yonge chyldren. ⁵ Happy is the man, that hathe his quyuerful of them: they shal not be ashamed, when they speake with their enemyes in the gate.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde about thy table. ⁴ Lo, thus shal the man be blessed, that feareth the lorde. ⁵ The lord shall so blesse the out of Syon, that thou shalt se Hierusalem in prosperytie all thy lyfe longe. ⁶ Yea, that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren, and peace vpon Israel.

³ For I shall pouer water vpon the drye grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstye. I shall poure my sprete vpon thy sede, and myne encerase vpon thy stocke. ⁴ They shall growe together, lyke as the grasse, and as the Willies by the waters syde.

¹⁵ Neuerthelesse, thou shalt go vnto thy fathers in peace, & shalt be buryed when thou arte of a good age:

⁸ and then fell sycke & dyed in a lusty age (when he had liued inough) & was put vnto his people.

¹⁶ After this lyued Iob .xl. yares, so that he sawe his children, & his children children to the fourthe generacyon. ¹⁷ And so he dyed, beynge olde & of a perfecte age.

¹⁶ With longe lyfe will I satisfye him, and shewe hym my saluacion.

¹¹ For thorow me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy lyfe shalbe manye.

²⁷ The feare of the Lorde maketh a long lyfe but the yeares of the vngodly shalbe shortened.

¹³ that thou kepe the commaundementes of the Lorde & hys ordinaunces which I commaund the this day, for thy wealth.

⁸ Enquere of them that haue bene bofore the, search dylygently amonge thy forefathers: ⁹ Namelye, that we are but of yester daye, and consydre not, that oure dayes vpon earth are but a very shadowe. ¹⁰ They shall shewe the, they shall tell the, ye they wyll gladly confesse the same.

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

¹⁷ I will tell the, heare me: I wyll shewe the a thinge, that I know,

² May a man be compared vnto God in wysdome, though he seme to hym selfe, for to be lyke him?

¹¹ For when I had wayted till ye made an ende of your talking & hearde youre wysedome: what argumentes ye made in youre communycacyon: ¹² yea when I had dylygentlye pondred what, ye sayde, I I founde not one of you that made any good argumente agaynst Iob, or that directly coud make answere vnto hys wordes:

² The worckes of the Lorde are greate, sought oute of all them, that haue pleasure therin.

³ For if thou cryest after wysdome, & callest for knowledge: ⁴ if thou sekest after her as after money, & dyggest for her as for treasure: ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lord, & fynde the knowlege of God.

¹² If thou be wyse thy wysdome shall do thy selfe good: but if thou thynckeste scorne therof, it shalbe thyne owne harme.