Wycliffe - Job - 36

36:1  Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,

36:2  Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.

36:3  Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.

36:4  For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.

36:5  God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;

36:6  but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.

36:7  He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.

36:8  And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,

36:9  he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.

36:10  Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.

36:11  If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.

36:12  Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.

36:13  Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.

36:14  The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.

36:15  He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.

36:16  Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse.

36:17  Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.

36:18  Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.

36:19  Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.

36:20  Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.

36:21  Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.

36:22  Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.

36:23  Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?

36:24  Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.

36:25  Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.

36:26  Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.

36:27  Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,

36:28  whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.

36:29  If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,

36:30  and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,

36:31  the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.

36:32  In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.

36:33  He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.