Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .ix. Chapter.
¶ Iob declareth the benefytes of God, and that
mannes ryghtewesnes is nothynge.
A Iob answered, ∧ sayde: I know
it is so of a treuthe: For how
maye a man (compared vnto
God) note be iustifyed? If he will
argue with him, he shall not be
able to answere hym vnto one
amonge a thousande. Concernynge soch as
be wyse of herte, or myghtye in strength,
who euer prospered, that toke part against
hym? He translateth the mountaynes, or
euer they be aware. It is he that ouerthroweth
them in hys wrath. He remoueth
the earthe oute of her place, that the pylers
therof shake with all. He commaundeth
the sonne, and it riseth not: he closeth vp
-- --
the starres, as it were vnder a sygnett. He
him self alone spredeth out the heauens, and
goeth vpon the waues of the see. He maketh
the waynes of heauen &lhand; the Orion note the
seuen starres, and the secrete places of the
south. He doth greate thynges, soch as are
vnsearcheable, yee, and wonders withoute
nombre.
B Lo, whan he goeth ouer by me, I shall
not se hym. And whan he departeth, by me,
I shall not loke vpon hym. I shall not perceaue
hym. If he be hasty to take eny thynge
awaye, who wyll make him restore it agayne?
Or who wyll saye vnto hym note what doest
thou? noteHe is God, whose wrath no man
maye withst&abar;de: but the proudest of all must
stoupe vnder hym. How shulde I then answere
hym? Or what wordes shulde I fynde
oute agaynst hym? Yee, though I were
ryghteous, yet myght I not geue hym one
worde agayne, but mekely submytte my self
to hym as my iudge. Yf I had called vpon
hym, and he had answered me: &rhand; yet wold
I not beleue, that he herd my voyce: he troubleth
me so with the tempest, and woundeth
me out of measure without a cause. He wyll
not lett my sprete be in rest, but fylleth me &wt;
bytternesse.
If men wyll speake of strength, lo, he is
stronge: yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes,
who darre be my recorde. If I wyll iustifye
my selfe, &rhand; my awne mouth shall
condempne me: yf I wyll put forth my selfe
for a perfecte man, he shall proue me a wycked
doer. For though I be an innocent, and
my conscience cleare, yet am I weery of my
lyfe
C One thyng it is and therfore I sayed. He
destroyeth both the righteous and vngodly.
And though he staye sodenly with the scourge,
yet wyll he laugh at the punyshement of
the innocent. As for the worlde, it is geuen
ouer into the hand of the wicked, and he shal
couer the faces of the iudges therof. Is it not
so? where is there eny, but he is soch one?
noteMy dayes are more swyfte then a runner:
they are gone ∧ haue sene no good thing.
They are passed awaye, as the shyppes that
be good vnder sayle, and as the aegle þt; flieth
to the praye. When I am purposed to forget
my complayning, to leaue of fro my wrath,
and to comforte my selfe, then am I afrayed
of all my sorowes, for I knowe, that thou
wylt not iudge me innocent. If I be then a
wicked doer, why laboure I in vayne? If I
washe my selfe with snowe water, and make
myne h&abar;des neuer so cleane,
D &club; at the wel,
yet shalt thou dyppe me in the myer: and
&rhand; myne awne clothes shall defyle me. For
he that I must geue answere vnto, &abar;d with
whom I go to lawe, is not a man as I am.
Nether is there eny dayesman to laye hys
hande betwene vs. Lett hym take hys rod awaye
fro me, yee, lett him make me nomore
afrayed of him, and then shall I answere h&ibar;
without eny feare. For as l&obar;ge as it is thus,
I can make no answere.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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