Job 3
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| v | Wycliffe1395 |
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| 1 | Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth, |
| 2 | and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun, |
| 3 | and the nyyt in which it was seid, The man is conceyued. |
| 4 | Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it liytned with liyt. |
| 5 | Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myist occupie it; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse. |
| 6 | Derk whirlwynde holde that niyt; be it not rikynyd among the daies of the yeer, nethir be it noumbrid among the monethes. |
| 7 | Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng. |
| 8 | Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi to reise Leuyathan. |
| 9 | Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp. |
| 10 | For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels fro min iyen. |
| 11 | Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi yede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon? |
| 12 | Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis? |
| 13 | For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep, |
| 14 | with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem soleyn places; |
| 15 | ethir with prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer; |
| 16 | ethir as a `thing hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche conseyued sien not liyt. |
| 17 | There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden. |
| 18 | And sum tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere. |
| 19 | A litil man and greet man be there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord. |
| 20 | Whi is liyt youun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule? |
| 21 | Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not; |
| 22 | as men diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepulcre? |
| 23 | Whi is liyt youun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis? |
| 24 | Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng. |
| 25 | For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to me; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde. |
| 26 | Whether Y dissymilide not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? and indignacioun cometh on me. |