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[1]Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth,
[2]and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun,
[3]and the nyyt in which it was seid, The man is conceyued.
[4]Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it liytned with liyt.
[5]Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myist occupie it; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse.
[6]Derk whirlwynde holde that niyt; be it not rikynyd among the daies of the yeer, nethir be it noumbrid among the monethes.
[7]Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng.
[8]Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi to reise Leuyathan.
[9]Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp.
[10]For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels fro min iyen.
[11]Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi yede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon?
[12]Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis?
[13]For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep,
[14]with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem soleyn places;
[15]ethir with prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer;
[16]ethir as a `thing hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche conseyued sien not liyt.
[17]There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden.
[18]And sum tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere.
[19]A litil man and greet man be there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord.
[20]Whi is liyt youun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule?
[21]Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not;
[22]as men diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepulcre?
[23]Whi is liyt youun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis?
[24]Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng.
[25]For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to me; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde.
[26]Whether Y dissymilide not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? and indignacioun cometh on me.
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