Job · Chapter 8

[ edit] Anſwerende forſoþe Baldach Suyþes ſeide, Hou longe ſhalt þou ſpeke ſuche þingus? Þer is a manyfold ſpirit of þe woord of þi mouþ. Wheþer God ſupplauntiþ dom, and þe Almyȝti turneþ vpſo doun, þat is riȝtwis? Alſo if þi ſonys ſynneden to hym, and lafte þem þe hond of þer wickidneſſe; in þou nerþelatere, if þou erli to gidere riſiſt to God, and þe Almyȝti haddeſt preȝid, if clene and riȝtwis þou goſt, anoon he ſhal waken out to þee, and maad peſible þe dwelling place of þi riȝtwiſneſſe he ſhal ȝelde; in ſo myche þat þi raþermore weren litle, and þi laſte þingis ſhuln be multiplied ful myche. Forſoþe aſke þe raþermor ieneracioun, and biſili enſerche þe mynde of þe faders.

Forſoþe wee ben as ȝiſterdai born, and wee han vnkunnyng; for as ſhadewe oure daȝis ben vp on erþe. And þei ſhul teche þee, and ſpeke to þee, and fro þin herte ſhul bringe forþ ſpechis. Wheþer a reſſhe may liuen wiþoute humour? or reeddi place growe wiþ oute water? Whanne ȝit it be in flour, and be it not taken wiþ hond, beforn alle erbis it waxeþ drie. So þe weies of alle men, þat forȝeten God; and þe hope of an ipocrite ſhal perſhe. To hym ſhal not pleſe his couwardiſe, and as þe web of attercoppis, his troſt. He ſhal lene vp on his hous, and it ſhal not ſtonde; he ſhal vnder ſetten it, and it ſhal not riſe.

Moiſte ſemeþ þe reſſhe, befor þe ſunne come; and in his ſpringing þe buriownyng of it ſhal gon out. Vp on an hep of ſtones his rootis ſhul be maad þicke, and among þe ſtonys it ſhal dwelle. And if it pulle it vp fro his place, it ſhal denyen hym, and ſeyn, I knew not þee. Þis forſoþe is þe gladneſſe of his weie, þat eft fro þe erþe oþere be buriouned. God ſhal not þrowen aferr þe ſymple, ne putten hond to ſhrewis; to þe time þat þi mouþ be fulfild wiþ laȝhing, and þi lippis wiþ ioȝe. Þei þat hateden þee ſhul be clad wiþ confuſioun; and þe tabernacle of vnpitouſe men ſhal not ſtonde ſtille.