T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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The .xxix. Chapter.
Iob complayneth of the prosperyte of the tyme past
surrely reprouynge hys fryndes of iniurye, because
they sayde, that Iob suffered accordynge to hys deseruynge.
A So Iob proceaded and w&ebar;t forth
in his communicacyon, saying:
O that I were as I was in the
monethes by past, ∧ in the daies
when God preserued me: when
his light shyned vpon my head: when I w&ebar;t
after the same lyght and shininge euen thorowe
the darckenesse. As it stode with me,
wh&ebar; I was welthy and had ynoughe: when
God prospered my house: when the almighty
was &wt; me: wh&ebar; my houshold folckes stode about
me: wh&ebar; my wayes r&abar;ne ouer &wt; butter
and when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers
of oyle: when I went thorow the cytye vnto
the gate,
B and when they set me a chaire in the
strete: when the younge men (as sone as they
sawe me) hid them selues, and when the aged
arose, and stode vp vnto me: when the Princes
lefte of their talkinge, ∧ layed their hande
to their mouthe: when the mighty kepte styll
their voice, and when their tonges cleaued to
the rofe of their mouthes. When al they that
hearde me, called me happie: ∧ when all they
that sawe me, wyshed me good. For I delyuered
the poore when he cried, and the fatherlesse
that wanted helpe. He that shoulde haue
bene lost,
C gaue me a good worde, and the
wyddowes herte praysed me. And why? I
put vpon me05Q0347 ryghteousnes, whyche couered
me as a garment, and equyte was my
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croune. I was an eye vnto the blinde, and a
fote to the lame, I was a father vnto þe; poore
and when I knew not their cause, I sought it
oute diligently. I brake the chaftes of the vnrighteous,
and plucte the spoyle oute of their
tethe.
D Therfore, I thought verely, that I should
haue dyed in my nest: ∧ that my daies should
haue bene as many as the soundes of the sea.
For my rote was spred oute by the waterside
and the dew lay vpon my corne. My honour
encreased more and more, and my bowe was
euer the stronger in my hande. Vnto me m&ebar;
gaue eare, me they regarded, and with sil&ebar;ce
they taryed for my counsel. Yf I had spoken
they woulde haue it none other wayes; my
wordes were so well taken amonge them.
They wayted for me, as the earth doeth for
the rayne: and gaped vpon me, as þe; ground
doeth to receyue the05Q0348 latter shower. When
I laughed, they knew wel it was not earnest:
and this testimony of my countenaunce pleased
them nothinge at all. When I agreed vnto
their waye, I was the chefe, and sat as a
Kynge amonge hys seruauntes: Or as one
that comforteth suche as be in heauynesse.
T. Matthew [1549], The Byble, that is to say all the holy Scripture: In whych are c&obar;tayned the Olde and New Testamente, truely ∧ purely tr&abar;slated into English, ∧ nowe lately with greate industry ∧ dilig&ebar;ce recognised. [Edited by Edmund Becke.] (Imprinted by... Ihon Daye [etc.] and William Seres [etc.], London) [word count] [B05000].
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