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| 23:1 | Iob answered, and sayde: |
| 23:2 | My sayinge is yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande heuy because of my gronynge. |
| 23:3 | O that I myght se him, and fynde hym: O that I myght come before his seate, |
| 23:4 | to pleate my cause before him, and to fyll my mouth with argumentes. |
| 23:5 | That I myght knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: and that I myght vnderstande, what he wolde saye vnto me. |
| 23:6 | Wyll he pleate agaynst me with his great power and strength? |
| 23:7 | No, but he wyll make me the stronger. He that is iust, shall entre disputacion with hym, and my iudge shall delyuer me for euer. |
| 23:8 | Beholde, though I go before, I fynde him: If I come behynde, I can get no knowledge of him: |
| 23:9 | Yf I go on the left syde where he doth hys worcke, I cannot atteyne vnto hym. A gayne, yf I go on the ryght syd, he hydeth hym selfe, that I cannot se him. |
| 23:10 | But as for my waye, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the golde in the fyre. |
| 23:11 | My fote doth kepe his path, his hye waye haue I holden, and will not go out of it. |
| 23:12 | I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte. |
| 23:13 | He is styll at one poynt, and who wyll turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bringeth to passe what he will. |
| 23:14 | He perfourmeth the thynge that is appoynted for me, & many soch thynges doth he. |
| 23:15 | This is the cause that I shrincke at his presence, so that when I consydre hym, I am afrayed of him. |
| 23:16 | For in somoch as he is God, he maketh my herte soft: and seynge that he is Allmyghtie, he putteth me in feare. |
| 23:17 | Thus can not I gett out of darckenesse, nether hath he couered the cloude fro my face. |
| 23:1 | Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide, |
| 23:2 | Now also my word is in bitternesse, and the hond of my wounde is agreggid on my weilyng. |
| 23:3 | Who yyueth to me, that Y knowe, and fynde hym, and come `til to his trone? |
| 23:4 | Y schal sette doom bifor hym, and Y schal fille my mouth with blamyngis; |
| 23:5 | that Y kunne the wordis, whiche he schal answere to me, and that Y vnderstonde, what he schal speke to me. |
| 23:6 | Y nyle, that he stryue with me bi greet strengthe, nether oppresse me with the heuynesse of his greetnesse. |
| 23:7 | Sette he forth equite ayens me, and my doom come perfitli to victorie. |
| 23:8 | If Y go to the eest, God apperith not; if Y go to the west, Y schal not vndurstonde hym; if Y go to the left side, |
| 23:9 | what schal Y do? Y schal not take hym; if Y turne me to the riyt side, Y schal not se hym. |
| 23:10 | But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier. |
| 23:11 | My foot suede hise steppis; Y kepte his weie, and Y bowide not awey fro it. |
| 23:12 | Y yede not awei fro the comaundementis of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth. |
| 23:13 | For he is aloone, and no man may turne awei hise thouytis; and what euer thing he wolde, his wille dide this thing. |
| 23:14 | Whanne he hath fillid his wille in me, also many othere lijk thingis ben redi to hym. |
| 23:15 | And therfor Y am disturblid of his face, and Y biholdynge hym am anguyschid for drede. |
| 23:16 | God hath maad neische myn herte, and Almyyti God hath disturblid me. |
| 23:17 | For Y perischide not for derknessis neiyynge; nethir myist hilide my face. |
| 23:1 | Iob answered, and sayd: |
| 23:2 | My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternes, and my hande heuy amonge my groninges. |
| 23:3 | O that I might se him & fynde him: O that I might come before his seate, |
| 23:4 | to pleate my cause before him, and to fyll my mouth with argumentes: |
| 23:5 | That I might knowe, what answere he wolde geue me: & that I might vnderstonde, what he wolde saye vnto me. |
| 23:6 | Wil he pleate agaynst me with his greate power & strength, or wyll he leane him self vtterly vpon me? |
| 23:7 | Oh no, let him not do so with me. But let hym geue me like power to go to lawe, then am I sure to wynne my matter. |
| 23:8 | For though I go before, I fynde him not: yf I come behynde, I ca get no knowlege of him: |
| 23:9 | Yf I go on the left syde to pondre his workes, I can not atteyne vnto them: Agayne, yf I go on the right syde, he hydeth himself, yt I can not se him. |
| 23:10 | But as for my waye, he knoweth it: & trieth me as ye golde in ye fyre. |
| 23:11 | Neuertheles my fete kepe his path, his hye strete haue I holden, and not gone out of it. |
| 23:12 | I haue not forsaken the comaundemet of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte. |
| 23:13 | It is he himself alone, who will turne him back? He doth as him listeth, and bryngeth to passe what he wil. |
| 23:14 | He rewardeth me into my bosome, & many other thinges mo doth he, as he maye by his power. |
| 23:15 | This is ye cause, that I shrenke at his presence, so that when I considre him, I am afrayed of him. |
| 23:16 | For in so moch as he is God, he maketh my herte soft: and seynge that he is Allmightie, he putteth me in feare. |
| 23:17 | Thus can not I get out of darcknesse, the cloude hath so couered my face. |
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