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| 19:1 | Iob answered, and sayde: |
| 19:2 | how longe will ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes? |
| 19:3 | Lo ten tymes haue ye reproued me: and are not a shamed, for to laugh me so to scorne: |
| 19:4 | yf I go wronge, I go wronge to my selfe. |
| 19:5 | But yf ye will enhaunce your selues agaynst me, and accuse me to be a wycked personne because of the shame that is come vpon me: |
| 19:6 | knowe this then, that it is God, which hath handled me so violently and hath compased me aboute with his nette. |
| 19:7 | 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. |
| 19:8 | He hath hedged vp my waye, that I cannot passe, and he hath set darcknesse in my pathes. |
| 19:9 | He hath spoyled me of myne honoure, and taken the crowne awaye fro my head. |
| 19:10 | He hath destroyed me on euery syde, and I am vndone: My hope hath he taken awaye fro me, as it were a tre pluckt vp by the rote. |
| 19:11 | His wrath is kyndled agaynst me: he taketh me, as though I were hys enemy. |
| 19:12 | Hys men of warre came together, which made their waye ouer me, and beseged my dwellynge rounde aboute. |
| 19:13 | He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquayntance, are become straungers vnto me. |
| 19:14 | Myne awne kynsfolkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce. |
| 19:15 | The seruauntes and maydens of myne awne house toke me for a straunger: and I am be come as an aleaunt in theyr syght. |
| 19:16 | I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no answere, no though I prayed him with my mouth. |
| 19:17 | Myne awne wyfe myght not abyde my breth, I was fayne to speake fayre for the chyldren of myne awne body. |
| 19:18 | Yee, the children despysed me: And when I was gone from them, they spake euell vpon me. |
| 19:19 | All soch as were my most familiers, abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are turned agaynst me. |
| 19:20 | My bone hangeth to my skynne and my flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth. |
| 19:21 | Haue pyte vpon me, haue pyte vpon me (O ye my frendes) for the hand of God hath touched me. |
| 19:22 | Why do ye persecute me as God doth, and are not satisfyed of my flesshe? |
| 19:23 | O that my wordes were nowe written O that they were put in a boke: |
| 19:24 | wolde God they were grauen with an yron penne in leade or in stone to continue. |
| 19:25 | For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I hall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye: |
| 19:26 | that I shall be clothed agayne with this skynne, and se God in my flesh. |
| 19:27 | Yee, I my selfe shall beholde him, not with other, but with these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me: |
| 19:28 | dyd not ye saye: why doth he soffer persecucion? Is theyr founde an occasion in me? |
| 19:29 | But be warre of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe auenged of wyckednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgement. |
| 19:1 | Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, Hou long turmente ye my soule, |
| 19:2 | and al to-breken me with wordis? |
| 19:3 | Lo! ten sithis ye schenden me, and ye ben not aschamed, oppressynge me. |
| 19:4 | Forsothe and if Y `koude not, myn vnkynnyng schal be with me. |
| 19:5 | And ye ben reisid ayens me, and repreuen me with my schenschipis. |
| 19:6 | Nameli now vndurstonde ye, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doom, and hath cumpassid me with hise betyngis. |
| 19:7 | Lo! Y suffrynge violence schal crye, and no man schal here; Y schal crye loude, and `noon is that demeth. |
| 19:8 | He bisette aboute my path, and Y may not go; and he settide derknessis in my weie. |
| 19:9 | He hath spuylid me of my glorye, and hath take awey the coroun fro myn heed. |
| 19:10 | He hath distried me on ech side, and Y perischide; and he hath take awei myn hope, as fro a tre pullid vp bi the roote. |
| 19:11 | His stronge veniaunce was wrooth ayens me; and he hadde me so as his enemye. |
| 19:12 | Hise theues camen togidere, and `maden to hem a wei bi me; and bisegiden my tabernacle in cumpas. |
| 19:13 | He made fer my britheren fro me; and my knowun as aliens yeden awei fro me. |
| 19:14 | My neiyboris forsoken me; and thei that knewen me han foryete me. |
| 19:15 | The tenauntis of myn hows, and myn handmaydis hadden me as a straunger; and Y was as a pilgrym bifor her iyen. |
| 19:16 | Y clepide my seruaunt, and he answeride not to me; with myn owne mouth Y preiede hym. |
| 19:17 | My wijf wlatide my breeth; and Y preiede the sones of my wombe. |
| 19:18 | Also foolis dispisiden me; and whanne Y was goon awei fro hem, thei bacbitiden me. |
| 19:19 | Thei, that weren my counselouris sum tyme, hadden abhomynacioun of me; and he, whom Y louede moost, was aduersarie to me. |
| 19:20 | Whanne fleischis weren wastid, my boon cleuyde to my skyn; and `oneli lippis ben left aboute my teeth. |
| 19:21 | Haue ye merci on me, haue ye merci on me, nameli, ye my frendis; for the hond of the Lord hath touchid me. |
| 19:22 | Whi pursuen ye me, as God pursueth; and ben fillid with my fleischis? |
| 19:23 | Who yyueth to me, that my wordis be writun? Who yyueth to me, |
| 19:24 | that tho be writun in a book with an yrun poyntil, ethir with a plate of leed; ethir with a chisel be grauun in a flynt? |
| 19:25 | For Y woot, that myn ayenbiere lyueth, and in the laste dai Y schal rise fro the erthe; |
| 19:26 | and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour. |
| 19:27 | Whom Y my silf schal se, and myn iyen schulen biholde, and not an other man. This myn hope is kept in my bosum. |
| 19:28 | Whi therfor seien ye now, Pursue we hym, and fynde we the roote of a word ayens hym? |
| 19:29 | Therfor fle ye fro the face of the swerd; for the swerd is the vengere of wickidnessis, and wite ye, that doom schal be. |
| 19:1 | Iob answered, & sayde: |
| 19:2 | How loge wil ye vexe my mynde, & trouble me with wordes? |
| 19:3 | Lo, ten tymes haue ye reproued me: are ye not ashamed, for to laugh me so to scorne? |
| 19:4 | yf I go wronge, I go wronge to my self. |
| 19:5 | But yf ye wil enhaunce yor selues agaynst me, & accuse me to be a wicked personne because of the shame that is come vpon me: |
| 19:6 | knowe this then, yt it is God, which hath handled me so violetly, & hath compased me aboute with his scourges. |
| 19:7 | Beholde, though I crie, yet violece is done vnto me, I can not be herde: Though I complane, there is none to geue sentece with me. |
| 19:8 | He hath hedged vp my path, I ca not get awaye, he hath set darcknesse in my gate. |
| 19:9 | He hath spoyled me of myne honoure, & taken the crowne awaye fro my heade. |
| 19:10 | He hath destroyed me on euery syde, and I am vndone: My hope hath he taken awaye fro me, as it were a tre plucte vp by the rote. |
| 19:11 | His wrath is kyndled agaynst me, he taketh me, as though I were his enemy. |
| 19:12 | His men of warre came together, which made their waye ouer me, and beseged my dwellinge rounde aboute. |
| 19:13 | He hath put my brethren farre awaye fro me, and soch as were of myne acquauntaunce, are become straugers vnto me. |
| 19:14 | Myne owne kyn?folkes haue forsaken me, and my frendes haue put me out of remembraunce. |
| 19:15 | The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house take me for a strauger, and I am become as an aleaunt in their sight. |
| 19:16 | When I call vpon my seruaut, he geueth me no answere: no though I praie him with my mouth. |
| 19:17 | Myne owne wyfe maye not abyde my breth, I am fayne to speake fayre vnto the children of myne owne body. |
| 19:18 | Yee the very deserte fooles despyse me, and when I am gone from them, they speake euell vpon me. |
| 19:19 | All soch as were my most familiers, abhorre me: and they whom I loued best, are turned agaynst me. |
| 19:20 | My bone hangeth to my skynne, and the flesh is awaye, only there is left me the skynne aboute my teth. |
| 19:21 | Haue pite vpon me, haue pite vpon me (o ye my frendes) for the hande of the LORDE hath touched me. |
| 19:22 | Seynge God persecuteth me, wil ye vexe me also? Haue ye not yet ynough of the trouble of my flesh? |
| 19:23 | O that my wordes were written, O that they were put in a boke: |
| 19:24 | wolde God they were graue wt an yron pene in leade or in stone. |
| 19:25 | For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye: |
| 19:26 | that I shal be clothed againe with this skynne, and se God in my flesh. |
| 19:27 | Yee I my self shal beholde him, not with other but with these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me, |
| 19:28 | when yee saye: Why do not we persecute him? we haue founde an occasion agaynst him. |
| 19:29 | But bewarre of the swearde, for the swearde wylbe avenged of wickednesse, and be sure, that there is a iudgment. |
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