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[1]Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say
[2]Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte
[3]My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome
[4]The spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe
[5]If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face
[6]Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde
[7]Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee
[8]Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes
[9]I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me
[10]But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie
[11]He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes
[12]Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man
[13]And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes
[14]For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not
[15]In dreames and visions of the night, when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes
[16]He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction
[17]That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises, and deliuer hym from pride
[18]And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde
[19]He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones
[20]So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate
[21]In so much that his body is cleane consumed away, and his bones appeare which before were not seene
[22]His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death
[23]Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way
[24]Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him, and sayth, He shalbe deliuered, that he fall not downe to the graue: for I am sufficiently reconciled
[25]Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes, and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth
[26]He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse
[27]A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good
[28]Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light
[29]Lo all these worketh God alway with man
[30]That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing
[31]Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake
[32]But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee
[33]If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome
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