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  • 1. Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say:
  • 2. Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte.
  • 3. My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome.
  • 4. The spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe.
  • 5. If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face.
  • 6. Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde.
  • 7. Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee.
  • 8. Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes:
  • 9. I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me.
  • 10. But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie.
  • 11. He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes.
  • 12. Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man.
  • 13. And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes.
  • 14. For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not.
  • 15. In dreames and visions of the night, when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes,
  • 16. He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction:
  • 17. That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises, and deliuer hym from pride,
  • 18. And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde.
  • 19. He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones:
  • 20. So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate:
  • 21. In so much that his body is cleane consumed away, and his bones appeare which before were not seene.
  • 22. His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death.
  • 23. Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way:
  • 24. Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him, and sayth, He shalbe deliuered, that he fall not downe to the graue: for I am sufficiently reconciled.
  • 25. Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes, and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth.
  • 26. He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse.
  • 27. A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good:
  • 28. Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light.
  • 29. Lo all these worketh God alway with man:
  • 30. That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.
  • 31. Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake.
  • 32. But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee.
  • 33. If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome.