Job 27

¹Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,

²God lyueth, that hath take awey my doom, and Almyyti God, that hath brouyt my soule to bitternesse.

³For as long as breeth is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose thirlis,

⁴my lippis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge schal thenke a leesyng.

⁵Fer be it fro me, that Y deme you iust; til Y faile, Y schal not go awei fro myn innocence.

⁶Y schal not forsake my iustifiyng, which Y bigan to holde; for myn herte repreueth me not in al my lijf.

⁷As my wickid enemy doth; myn aduersarie is as wickid.

⁸For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?

⁹Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym?

¹⁰ether whether he may delite in Almyyti God, and inwardli clepe God in al tyme?

¹¹Y schal teche you bi the hond of God, what thingis Almyyti God hath; and Y schal not hide.

¹²Lo! alle ye knowen, and what speken ye veyn thingis with out cause?

¹³This is the part of a wickid man anentis God, and the eritage of violent men, ether rauenours, whiche thei schulen take of Almyyti God.

¹⁴If hise children ben multiplied, thei schulen be slayn in swerd; and hise sones sones schulen not be fillid with breed.

¹⁵Thei, that ben residue of hym, schulen be biried in perischyng; and the widewis of hym schulen not wepe.

¹⁶If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, and makith redi clothis as cley;

¹⁷sotheli he made redi, but a iust man schal be clothid in tho, and an innocent man schal departe the siluer.

¹⁸As a mouyte he hath bildid his hous, and as a kepere he made a schadewyng place.

¹⁹A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing with hym; he schal opene hise iyen, and he schal fynde no thing.

²⁰Pouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal oppresse hym in the nyyt.

²¹Brennynge wynd schal take hym, and schal do awei; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche hym fro his place.

²²He schal sende out turmentis on hym, and schal not spare; he fleynge schal `fle fro his hond.

²³He schal streyne hise hondis on him, and he schal hisse on hym, and schal biholde his place.

¹Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

²As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

³All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

⁴My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

⁵God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

⁶My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁷Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

⁸For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

⁹Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?

¹⁰Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

¹¹I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.

¹²Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain?

¹³This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

¹⁴If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

¹⁵Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

¹⁶Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

¹⁷He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

¹⁸He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

¹⁹The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

²⁰Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

²¹The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

²²For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

²³Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.