Job 21
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| 1 | Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, |
| 2 | Y preye, here ye my wordis, and do ye penaunce. |
| 3 | Suffre ye me, that Y speke; and leiye ye aftir my wordis, if it schal seme worthi. |
| 4 | Whether my disputyng is ayens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori? |
| 5 | Perseyue ye me, and be ye astonyed; and sette ye fyngur on youre mouth. |
| 6 | And whanne Y bithenke, Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch. |
| 7 | Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid with richessis. |
| 8 | Her seed dwellith bifor hem; the cumpeny of kynesmen, and of sones of sones dwellith in her siyt. |
| 9 | Her housis ben sikur, and pesible; and the yerde of God is not on hem. |
| 10 | The cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede not a deed calf; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir calf. |
| 11 | Her litle children goen out as flockis; and her yonge children `maken fulli ioye with pleies. |
| 12 | Thei holden tympan, and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun. |
| 13 | Thei leden in goodis her daies; and in a point thei goen doun to hellis. |
| 14 | Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us; we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies. |
| 15 | Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him? |
| 16 | Netheles for her goodis ben not in her hond, `that is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer fro me. |
| 17 | Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal departe the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce? |
| 18 | Thei schulen be as chaffis bifor the face of the wynd; and as a deed sparcle, whiche the whirlewynd scaterith abrood. |
| 19 | God schal kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones; and whanne he hath yoldun, thanne he schal wite. |
| 20 | Hise iyen schulen se her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyyti God. |
| 21 | For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey? |
| 22 | Whether ony man schal teche God kunnyng, which demeth hem that ben hiye? |
| 23 | This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and blesful, `that is, myrie. |
| 24 | Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse; and hise boonys ben moistid with merowis. |
| 25 | Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis. |
| 26 | And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem. |
| 27 | Certis Y knowe youre wickid thouytis, and sentensis ayens me. |
| 28 | For ye seien, Where is the hows of the prince? and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid men? |
| 29 | Axe ye ech of `the weie goeris; and ye schulen knowe, that he vndurstondith these same thingis, |
| 30 | that an yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, and schal be led to the dai of woodnesse. |
| 31 | Who schal repreue hise weies bifor hym? and who schal yelde to hym tho thingis, whiche he hath doon? |
| 32 | He schal be led to the sepulcris; and he schal wake in the heep of deed men. |
| 33 | He was swete to the `stoonys, ether filthis, of helle; and drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable men bifor him. |
| 34 | Hou therfor coumforten ye me in veyn, sithen youre answeris ben schewid to `repugne to treuthe? |