Wycliffe - Job - 3

3:1  Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth,

3:2  and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun,

3:3  and the nyyt in which it was seid, The man is conceyued.

3:4  Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it liytned with liyt.

3:5  Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myist occupie it; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse.

3:6  Derk whirlwynde holde that niyt; be it not rikynyd among the daies of the yeer, nethir be it noumbrid among the monethes.

3:7  Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng.

3:8  Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi to reise Leuyathan.

3:9  Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp.

3:10  For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels fro min iyen.

3:11  Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi yede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon?

3:12  Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis?

3:13  For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep,

3:14  with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem soleyn places;

3:15  ethir with prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer;

3:16  ethir as a `thing hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche conseyued sien not liyt.

3:17  There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden.

3:18  And sum tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere.

3:19  A litil man and greet man be there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord.

3:20  Whi is liyt youun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule?

3:21  Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not;

3:22  as men diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepulcre?

3:23  Whi is liyt youun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis?

3:24  Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng.

3:25  For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to me; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde.

3:26  Whether Y dissymilide not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? and indignacioun cometh on me.