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| 30:1 | But now they that are younger then I, haue me in derysion: yee, euen they, whose fathers I wolde haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my catell. |
| 30:2 | The power & strength of their handes might do me no good: for the tyme is but lost among them. |
| 30:3 | For very misery and honger, they fled in to the wyldernesse horrible & waist, |
| 30:4 | pluckynge vp nettels amonge the busshes, and the Iuniper rotes for their meate. |
| 30:5 | And when they were dryuen forth, men cryed after them, as it had bene after a thefe. |
| 30:6 | Their dwelling was besyde foule brokes, yee, in the caues and dennes of the earth. |
| 30:7 | Amonge the busshes wente they aboute crying, and vnder the thornes they gathered them selues together. |
| 30:8 | They were the chyldren of fooles and vylaines, which are vexed out of the worlde. |
| 30:9 | Now am I their songe, and am become their ieastinge stock: |
| 30:10 | they abhorre me, and flye farre fro me, and stayne my face with spetle. |
| 30:11 | For the Lord hath loosed the strength of my body, and brought me lowe. The brydle haue they cast out of my syght. |
| 30:12 | Upon my right hande ryse the yonge men agaynst me, they haue hurte my fete, treadinge vpon me, as vpon the wayes that they wolde destroye. |
| 30:13 | My pathes haue they clene marred. It was so easy for them to do me harme, that they neded no man to helpe them. |
| 30:14 | They fell vpon me, as it had bene the breakinge in of waters, and came in by heapes to destroye me. |
| 30:15 | Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me. Myne honoure vanisshed awaye more swyftly then the wynde, and my prosperite departeth hence, lyke as it were a cloude. |
| 30:16 | Therfore is my mynde powred full of heuynesse, and the dayes of my trouble haue taken holde vpon me. |
| 30:17 | My bones are pearsed thorow, in the night season, and my synewes take no rest. |
| 30:18 | For the vehemencie of sorow is my garment chaunged: and according to the diuersite of heuynes am I gyrded with my coate. |
| 30:19 | He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like asshes and dust. |
| 30:20 | When I crye vnto the, thou doest not heare me, & though I stande before the, yet thou regardest me not. |
| 30:21 | Thou art become myne enemye, and with thy violent hande thou takest part agaynst me. |
| 30:22 | In tymes past thou didest set me vp on hie, as it were aboue the wynde, but now hast thou geuen me a very sore fall, |
| 30:23 | Sure I am, that thou wilt deliuer me vnto death euen to the lodginge that is due vnto all men liuinge. |
| 30:24 | Now vse not men to do violence vnto them, that are destroied allready: but where hurte is done, there vse they to helpe. |
| 30:25 | Did not I wepe with him that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore? |
| 30:26 | Yet neuerthelesse, where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I wayted for light, there came darcknesse |
| 30:27 | My bowles sethe within me, & take no rest, for the dayes of my trouble are come vpon me. |
| 30:28 | Mekely and lowly came I in, yee, and without any displeasure: I stode vp in the congregacion, and communed with them. |
| 30:29 | But now, I am a companion of dragons, and a felowe of Estriches. |
| 30:30 | My skynne vpon me is turned to black, and my bones are brent with heate: |
| 30:31 | my harpe is turned to sorowe, and my pype to wepynge. |
| 30:1 | But now yongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris Y deynede not to sette with the doggis of my flok. |
| 30:2 | Of whiche men the vertu of hondis was for nouyt to me, and thei weren gessid vnworthi to that lijf. |
| 30:3 | Thei weren bareyn for nedynesse and hungur; that gnawiden in wildirnesse, and weren pale for pouert and wretchidnesse; |
| 30:4 | and eeten eerbis, aud the ryndis of trees; and the roote of iunyperis was her mete. |
| 30:5 | Whiche men rauyschiden these thingis fro grete valeis; and whanne thei hadden foundun ony of alle, thei runnen with cry to tho. |
| 30:6 | Thei dwelliden in deseertis of strondis, and in caues of erthe, ethir on grauel, `ethir on cley. |
| 30:7 | Whiche weren glad among siche thingis, and arettiden delices to be vndur buschis. |
| 30:8 | The sones of foolis and of vnnoble men, and outirli apperynge not in erthe. |
| 30:9 | But now Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a prouerbe to hem. |
| 30:10 | Thei holden me abhomynable, and fleen fer fro me, and dreden not to spete on my face. |
| 30:11 | For God hath openyd his arowe caas, and hath turmentid me, and hath set a bridil in to my mouth. |
| 30:12 | At the riytside of the eest my wretchidnessis risiden anoon; thei turneden vpsedoun my feet, and oppressiden with her pathis as with floodis. |
| 30:13 | Thei destrieden my weies; thei settiden tresoun to me, and hadden the maistri; and `noon was that helpide. |
| 30:14 | Thei felden in on me as bi a brokun wal, and bi yate openyd, and weren stretchid forth to my wretchidnessis. |
| 30:15 | Y am dryuun in to nouyt; he took awei my desir as wynd, and myn helpe passide awei as a cloude. |
| 30:16 | But now my soule fadith in my silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly. |
| 30:17 | In nyyt my boon is persid with sorewis; and thei, that eten me, slepen not. |
| 30:18 | In the multitude of tho my cloth is wastid, and thei han gird me as with coler of a coote. |
| 30:19 | Y am comparisound to cley, and Y am maad lijk to a deed sparcle and aisch. |
| 30:20 | Y schal cry to thee, and thou schalt not here me; Y stonde, and thou biholdist not me. |
| 30:21 | Thou art chaungid in to cruel to me, and in the hardnesse of thin hond thou art aduersarie to me. |
| 30:22 | Thou hast reisid me, and hast set as on wynd; and hast hurtlid me doun strongli. |
| 30:23 | Y woot, that thow schalt bitake me to deeth, where an hows is ordeyned to ech lyuynge man. |
| 30:24 | Netheles thou sendist not out thin hond to the wastyng of hem; and if thei fallen doun, thou schalt saue. |
| 30:25 | Y wepte sum tyme on him, that was turmentid, and my soule hadde compassioun on a pore man. |
| 30:26 | Y abood goodis, and yuelis ben comun to me; Y abood liyt, and derknessis braken out. |
| 30:27 | Myn ynnere thingis buyliden out with outen my reste; daies of turment camen bifor me. |
| 30:28 | Y yede morenynge, and Y roos with out woodnesse in the cumpenye, and criede. |
| 30:29 | Y was the brother of dragouns, and the felow of ostrigis. |
| 30:30 | My skyn was maad blak on me, and my boonys drieden for heete. |
| 30:31 | Myn harpe is turned in to morenyng, and myn orgun in to the vois of weperis. |
| 30:1 | Bvt now they that are my inferiours & yonger then I, haue me in derision: yee eue they, whose fathers I wolde haue thought scorne to haue set wt the dogges of my catell. |
| 30:2 | The power & stregth of their hades might do me no good, & as for their age, it is spet & past awaye without eny profit. |
| 30:3 | For very misery & honger, they wente aboute in the wildernesse like wretches & beggers, |
| 30:4 | pluckynge vp herbes from amonge the bu?shes, & the Iunipers rote was their meate. |
| 30:5 | And when they were dryuen forth, men cried after them, as it had bene after a thefe. |
| 30:6 | Their dwellinge was beside foule brokes, yee in the caues & dennes of the earth. |
| 30:7 | Vpo the drye heeth wete they aboute crienge, & in the brome hilles they gathered them together. |
| 30:8 | They were the children of fooles & vylanes, which are deed awaye fro the worlde. |
| 30:9 | Now am I their songe, & am become their iestinge stocke. |
| 30:10 | they abhorre me, they fle farre fro me & stayne my face wt spetle. |
| 30:11 | For ye LORDE hath opened his quyuer, he hath hytt me, & put a brydle in my mouth. |
| 30:12 | Vpon my right hade they rose together agaynst me, they haue hurte my fete, made awaye to destroye me, |
| 30:13 | & my path haue they clene marred. It was so easy for them to do me harme, that they neded no man to helpe the. |
| 30:14 | They fell vpon me, as it had bene ye breakynge in of waters, & came in by heapes to destroye me. |
| 30:15 | Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me. Myne honoure vanisheth awaye more swiftly then wynde, & my prosperite departeth hece like as it were a cloude. |
| 30:16 | Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuynesse, & ye dayes of trouble haue take holde vpon me. |
| 30:17 | My bones are pearsed thorow in ye night season, & my synewes take no rest. |
| 30:18 | With all their power haue they chaunged my garmet, & gyrded me therwith, as it were wt a coate. |
| 30:19 | I am eue as it were claye, & am become like asshes & dust. |
| 30:20 | Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not. |
| 30:21 | Thou art become myne enemye, & wt yi violet hade thou takest parte agaynst me. |
| 30:22 | In tymes past thou didest set me vp an hye, as it were aboue ye winde, but now hast thou geue me a very sore fall. |
| 30:23 | Sure I am, yt thou wilt delyuer me vnto death: where as a lodgyng is prepared for all me |
| 30:24 | Now vse not me to do violece vnto the, yt are destroyed allready: but where hurte is done, there vse thei to helpe. |
| 30:25 | Dyd not I wepe in ye tyme of trouble? Had not my soule copassion vpo ye poore? |
| 30:26 | Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darcknesse. |
| 30:27 | My bowels seeth wt in me & take no rest, for ye dayes of my trouble are come vpo me. |
| 30:28 | Mekely & lowly came I in, yee & without eny displeasure: I stode vp in ye cogregacion, & commoned with the |
| 30:29 | But now. I am a copanyon of dragons, & a felowe of Esiriches. |
| 30:30 | My skynne vpo me is turned to black, & my bones are bret wt heate: |
| 30:31 | my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge. |
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