Wisdom 16
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| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | For these thingis, and thingis lijk these, thei suffriden turmentis worthili, and thei weren destried bi multitude of beestis. |
| 2 | For whiche turmentis thou disposidist wel thi puple, to whiche thou yauest coueitise of her delityng a new sauour, makynge redi mete to hem a curlew. |
| 3 | That sotheli thei coueitynge mete, weren turned awei, yhe, fro nedeful coueityng, for tho thingis that weren schewid, and sent to hem; but these men maad pore in schort tyme, tastiden newe mete. |
| 4 | For sotheli it bihofte perischyng to come on hem with outen excusyng, vsynge tirauntri; but to schewe oneli to these Ebries, hou her enemyes weren destried. |
| 5 | Forsothe whanne the feers ire of beestis cam on hem, thei weren destried bi the bityngis of weiward serpentis. |
| 6 | But, Lord, thin ire dwellide not with outen ende; but thei weren troblid in schort time to amendyng, and hadden a signe of helthe, to remembryng of the comaundement of thi lawe. |
| 7 | For he that was conuertid, was heelid not bi that he siy, but bi thee, sauyour of alle men. |
| 8 | Forsothe in this thou schewidist to oure enemyes, that thou it art, that delyuerist fro al yuel. |
| 9 | Forsothe the bityngis of locustis and of flies killiden hem, and heelthe of her lijf was not foundun; for thei weren worthi to be destried of siche thingis. |
| 10 | But nether the teeth of dragouns, nethir of venemouse beestis ouercamen thi children; for whi thi merci cam, and heelide hem. |
| 11 | For thei weren turmentid in mynde of thi wordis, and thei weren heelid swiftli; lest thei fallynge in to deep foryetyng of God, miyten not vse thin help. |
| 12 | For nethir eerbe, nethir plastere heelide hem; but, Lord, thi word, that heelith alle thingis. |
| 13 | Lord, thou art, that hast power of lijf and of deth; and ledist forth to the yatis of deth, and ledist ayen. |
| 14 | But sotheli a man sleeth his soule bi malice; and whanne the spirit is goen out, it schal not turne ayen, nether the bodi schal ayen clepe the soule, which is resseyued; |
| 15 | but it is vnpossible to ascape thin hond. |
| 16 | Forwhi wickid men, denying to knowe thee, weren turmentid bi strengthe of thin arm; thei suffriden persecusioun bi newe watris, and hailis, and reines, and weren wastid bi fier. |
| 17 | For whi that was wondurful, the fier hadde more miyt in the watir, that quenchith alle thingis; for whi the world was veniere of iust men. |
| 18 | For whi sum tyme the fier was mylde, lest the beestis schulden be brent, that weren sent to wickid men; but that thei seynge schulden wite, that thei suffren persecucioun bi the doom of God. |
| 19 | And sum tyme the fier brente an hiy on ech side in the water, aboue the vertu of fier, to destrie the wickid nacioun of the lond. |
| 20 | For whiche thingis thou nurischidist thi puple with mete of aungels, and thou yauest fro heuene breed maad redi to hem, with out trauel; hauynge al delityng in it silf, and the swetnesse of al sauour. |
| 21 | For thou schewidist thi catel, and thi swetnesse, which thou hast, to sones; and the breed seruynge to the wille of eche man, was turned to that, that ech man wolde. |
| 22 | Forsothe snow and iys suffriden the miyt of fier, and meltiden not; that thei schulden wite, that fier brennynge, in hail and reyn leytynge, destryede the fruytis of enemyes. |
| 23 | Sotheli eft this was wondirful, also fier foryat his vertu, that iust men schulden be nurschid. |
| 24 | For whi the creature seruynge to thee the makere, wexith whijt in to turment ayens vniust men, and is maad liytere to do wel, for hem that tristen in thee. |
| 25 | For this thing and alle thingis transfigurid thanne seruyden to thi grace, nurischere of alle thingis, to the wille of hem, that ben desirid of thee; |
| 26 | that, Lord, thi sones schulden wite, whiche thou louedist, that not the fruytis of birthe feeden men, but thi word kepeth hem, that bileuen in thee. |
| 27 | For whi that that miyte not be distried of fier, meltide anoon as it was maad hoot of a litil beem of the sunne; |
| 28 | that it were knowun to alle men, that it bihoueth to come bifore the sunne to thi blessing, and to worschipe thee at the risyng of the liyt. |
| 29 | Forsothe the hope of an vnkynde man schal melte awei as iys of wyntir, and schal perische as superflu watir. |
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