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| [1]But Iob aunswered, and sayde |
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| [2]O that my complaynt were truely wayed, and my punishment layde in the balaunces together |
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| [3]For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea: and this is the cause, that my wordes fayle me |
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| [4]For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me, the poyson therof hath drunke vp my spirite, and the terrible feares of God are set against me |
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| [5]Doth the wild asse rore when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder [inough |
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| [6]That which is vnsauerie, shall it be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge |
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| [7]The thinges that sometime I might not away withel, are nowe my meate for very sorowe |
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| [8]O that I might haue my desire, and that God woulde graunt me the thing that I long for |
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| [9]O that God would begin and smite me, that he would let his hand go and take me cleane away |
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| [10]Then shoulde I haue some comfort, yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare, for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one |
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| [11]For what powre haue I to endure? And what is myne end, that my soule might be patient |
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| [12]Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my fleshe of brasse |
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| [13]Is it not so that there is in me no helpe? & that my substaunce is taken from me |
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| [14]He that is in tribulation, ought to be comforted of his neyghbour: but the feare of the almightie is cleane away |
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| [15]Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the water brooke, & as the ouerflowing of waters, whiche do hastly go away |
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| [16]Whiche are blackish be reason of the ice, and wherin the snowe is hyd |
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| [17]Which when they haue passed by do vanishe, and when the heate commeth they fayle out of their place |
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| [18]They depart from the course of their wonted chanell to other places, they runne in vayne and perishe |
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| [19]They that went to The man considered them, and they that went to Saba wayted for them |
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| [20]But they were confounded in their hope, they came thyther and were ashamed |
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| [21]Euen such truely are ye, nowe that ye see my miserie ye are afrayde |
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| [22]Did I desire you to bring vnto me, or to geue me any of your substaunce |
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| [23]To deliuer me from the enemies hand, or to saue me from the hande of the tyrauntes |
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| [24]Teache me, and I will hold my tong: and wherin I haue erred; cause me to vnderstande |
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| [25]How strong are the wordes of trueth? and which of you can rebuke or reproue them |
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| [26]Do ye imagine to reproue wordes, that the talke of the afflicted shoulde be as the winde |
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| [27]Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende |
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| [28]And therfore be content, & loke now vpon me, and I will not lye before your face |
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| [29]Turne I pray you, be indifferent iudges: turne agayne, and ye shall see myne vngiltinesse |
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| [30]whether there be any vnrighteousnes in my tongue, or vayne wordes in my mouth |
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