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| 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 | Bvt Iob answered and sayd, |
| 23:2 | Though my talke be this day in bitternes, and my plague greater then my groning, |
| 23:3 | Would God yet I knew how to finde him, I would enter vnto his place. |
| 23:4 | I would pleade the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. |
| 23:5 | I would knowe the wordes, that he would answere me, and would vnderstand what he would say vnto me. |
| 23:6 | Would he plead against me with his great power? No, but he would put strength in me. |
| 23:7 | There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge. |
| 23:8 | Behold, if I go to the East, he is not there: if to the West, yet I can not perceiue him: |
| 23:9 | If to the North where he worketh, yet I cannot see him: he wil hide himselfe in the South, and I cannot beholde him. |
| 23:10 | But he knoweth my way, and trieth mee, and I shall come forth like the gold. |
| 23:11 | My foote hath followed his steps: his way haue I kept, and haue not declined. |
| 23:12 | Neyther haue I departed from the commandement of his lippes, and I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then mine appointed foode. |
| 23:13 | Yet he is in one minde, and who can turne him? yea, he doeth what his minde desireth. |
| 23:14 | For he will performe that, which is decreed of me, and many such things are with him. |
| 23:15 | Therefore I am troubled at his presence, and in considering it, I am afraid of him. |
| 23:16 | For God hath softened mine heart, and the Almightie hath troubled me. |
| 23:17 | For I am not cut off in darknesse, but he hath hid the darkenesse from my face. |
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