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[1]Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde
[2]Shoulde not [he that maketh] many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin
[3]Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest [others] shall no man make thee ashamed
[4]For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes
[5]But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee
[6]That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie
[7]Art thou able to finde out [the secretes of] God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie
[8]It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it
[9]The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea
[10]Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose
[11]For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it
[12]Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man [newe] borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte
[13]If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym
[14]If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house
[15]Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare
[16]Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by
[17]Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning
[18]Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche
[19]Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee
[20]As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde
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