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[1]Iob aunswered, and saide
[2]How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes
[3]Lo, ten times haue ye reproched me, and are not ashamed, but haue laughed me to scorne
[4]Be it that I haue erred in deede, myne errour then remaineth with my selfe
[5]But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me
[6]Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowe me, and hath compassed me with his net
[7]If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me
[8]He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes
[9]He hath spoyled me of myne honour, and taken the crowne away from my head
[10]He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote
[11]His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his enemie
[12]His men of warre come together, which made their way ouer me, and besieged my dwelling rounde about
[13]He hath put my brethren farre away from me, and myne acquaintaunce are also become straungers vnto me
[14]Myne owne kinsefolkes haue forsaken me, and my best acquainted haue forgotten me
[15]The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house toke me for a straunger, and I am become as an aliaunt in their sight
[16]I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no aunswere: [no though] I prayed him with my mouth
[17]Myne owne wyfe might not abyde my breath, though I prayed her for the children sake of myne owne body
[18]Yea, the young men despised me, and when I rose they spake euill vpon me
[19]All my most familiers abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are turned against me
[20]My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my fleshe, onely there is left me the skinne about my teeth
[21]Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friendes, for the hande of God hath touched me
[22]Why do ye persecute me as God [doth] and are not satisfied with my fleshe
[23]O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke
[24]And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue
[25]For I am sure that my redeemer saueth, and he shall rayse vp at the latter day them that lye in the dust
[26]And though after my skinne the [wormes] destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe
[27]Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my raines are consumed within me
[28]But ye saide, why is he persecuted? and there was a deepe matter in me
[29]But beware of the sworde: for the sword wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure that there is a iudgement
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