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[1]Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide
[2]What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge
[3]Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere
[4]Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding
[5]Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it
[6]Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof
[7]Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly
[8]Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe
[9]When I made the cloudes [to be] a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke
[10]When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it
[11]Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues
[12]Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place
[13]That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it
[14]They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale, and all stand vp as a garment
[15]The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken
[16]Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe
[17]Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death
[18]Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this
[19]Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse
[20]That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses
[21]Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be
[22]Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle
[23]Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre
[24]By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde
[25]Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder
[26]To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth
[27]To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth
[28]Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe
[29]Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre
[30]That the waters are hidde as [with] a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe
[31]Wylt thou hinder the sweete influences of the seuen starres? or loose the bandes of Orion
[32]Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arctutus with his sonnes
[33]Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth
[34]Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee
[35]Canst thou send the lightninges also, that they may go their way, and be obedient vnto thee, saying, Lo here are we
[36]Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding
[37]Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen
[38]To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse, & the clots to cleaue fast together
[39]Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion? or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes
[40]When they couche in their places, and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte
[41]Who prouideth meate for the rauen, when his young ones crye vnto God, and flee about for lacke of meate
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