1   Answerende forsothe the Lord to Job fro the whirlewind seide, 2   Who is this, wrappende in sentencis with woordis vnwise? 3   Gird as a man thi leendis; I shal aske thee, and thou answere to me. 4   Wher were thou, whan I sette the foundemens of the erthe? sheu to me, if thou hast vnderstonding. 5   Who putte the mesuris of it, if thou hast knowen? or who stra&yogh;te vp on it a line? 6   Vp on what the feet of it ben sad? who dide doun the corner ston of it, 7   whan me shulden preise

togidere the morutid sterris, and alle the sones of God shulden io&yogh;en? 8   Who closede the se with doris, whan it brac out as goende forth of the wombe? 9   Whan I shuld setten the cloude his clothing, and with dercnesse it, as with clothis of vnspekende childhed, I wrappide aboute. 10   I enuyrounde it with my termes, and sette the heenglis, and doris; 11   and seide, Vnto hider thou shalt come, and no ferthere gon; and heer thou shalt breke togidere thi swellende flodis. 12   Whether aftir thi rising thou comaundedist to the morutid, and hast shewid to the dai spring his place? 13   Whethir thou hast holde smytende togidere the vtmostis of the erthe, and hast smyten out the vnpitous men of it? 14   The litle marke shal be restorid as cley, and shal stonde as clothing. 15   His li&yogh;t shal be take awei fro the vnpitous, and the he&yogh;e arm shal be broke togidere. 16   Whether thou wentist in the depthe of the se, and in the laste thingus of the derke depthe of the se thou hast ful go? 17   Whether to thee ben opened the &yogh;atis of deth, and the derke doris thou hast seen? 18   Whether thou hast beholde the breede of the erthe? Sheu to me, if thou hast knowen alle thingis, 19   in what weie li&yogh;t dwellith, and of dercnessis what is the place; 20   that thou lede eche man to hys termes, and vnderstonde the sties of his hous. 21   Thou wistist thanne, that thou were to be born, and the noumbre of thi da&yogh;es thou haddest knowe? 22   Whether wentist thou in to the tresoris of snow&yogh;, or the tresoris of hail thou hast beholde? 23   that I haue maad redi in to the time of the enemy, in to the dai of fi&yogh;t, and of bataile. 24   Bi what weie is sprengd li&yogh;t, deuyded is hete vp on erthe? 25   Who &yogh;af to the most hidous weder cours, and weie of the sounende thunder? 26   That it shulde

reyne vp on erthe withoute man, in desert wher noon of dedly men dwelleth? 27   That he shulde fulfille the space withoute wei and desolat, and bringe forth grene erbis? 28   Who is the fader of reyn, or who gat dropis of deu? 29   Fro whos wombe wente out iys, and frost fro heuene who gat? 30   In the licnesse of a ston watris ben hardid, and the vtmost of the se is streyned togidere. 31   Whether thou art strong to ioyne the shynende seue sterres, or thou shalt moun scatere the cumpas of the north sterre? 32   Whether thou bringist forth the dai sterre in his time, and the euetid sterre vp on the sones of the erthe thou makist to rise? 33   Whether thou hast knowe the ordre of heuene, and shalt putte his resoun in the erthe? 34   Whether thou shalt rere thi vois in to a lytil cloude, and the bure of watris shal couere thee? 35   Whether thou shalt sende leitis, and thei shul go, and turnende a&yogh;een thei shul sey to thee, Wee be nee&yogh;h? 36   Who putte in the entrailis of a man wisdam, and who &yogh;af to the cok vnderstonding? 37   Who shal tellen out the resoun of heuenus, and the singing of heuene who shal make to slepe? 38   Whanne was pouder held in the erthe, and clottis weren clunge togidere? 39   Whether thou shalt take the prei of the leounesse, and the soule of hir whelpis thou shalt fulfille, whan thei lyn in dichis, 40   and in dennus thei aspien? 41   Who maketh redi to the crowe his mete, whan his briddis crie to God, hider and thider waggende, forthi that thei han no metis?

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