- 1. Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde;
- 2. Shoulde not [he that maketh] many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?
- 3. Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest [others] shall no man make thee ashamed?
- 4. For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.
- 5. But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:
- 6. That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie.
- 7. Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?
- 8. It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?
- 9. The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.
- 10. Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?
- 11. For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?
- 12. Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man [newe] borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.
- 13. If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:
- 14. If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:
- 15. Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.
- 16. Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.
- 17. Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning.
- 18. Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche.
- 19. Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee.
- 20. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.
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