Job 33

Matthew^{(i) 1} Wherfore heare my wordes (O Iob) and herken vnto me all, that I wyll saye: ² Beholde, I wyl open my mouthe, and my tonge shall speake out of my chawes. ³ My herte shall ordre my wordes a ryghte, & my lyppes shall talke of pure wysdome. ⁴ The spryte of God hath made me, & the breth of the almyghtye hath geuen me my lyfe. ⁵ If thou canste, then geue me aunswere: prepare thy selfe to stande before me face to face. ⁶ Beholde, before God am I euen as thou, for I am fashyoned, and made euen of the same moulde. ⁷ Therfore, thou nedest not be afrayed of me, neyther nedest thou to feare, that my auctoryte shalbe to heauye for the. ⁸ Now haste thou spoken in myne eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am clene withoute any faute, I am innocente, & there is no wyckednesse in me, ¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynste me, and taketh me for hys enemye, ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowlye vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make aunswere. Shulde God be reproued of man? ¹³ Why doest thou then stryue agaynst hym, because he geueth the no accomptes of all hys doynges? ¹⁴ For when God doth ones commaunde a thynge, there shulde no man be curyous, to searche whether it be ryghte. ¹⁵ In dreames and visyons of the nyght season (when slombring commeth vpon men, that they fall a slepe in theyr beddes) ¹⁶ he roundeth them in the eares, he infourmeth them, and sheweth them playnelye, ¹⁷ that it is he, which wythdraweth man from euyll, delyuereth hym from pryde, ¹⁸ kepeth hys soule from destruccyon, and his life from the swearde. ¹⁹ He chasteneth hym wyth sycknesse, and bryngeth hym to hys bedde: he layeth sore punyshment vpon hys bones, ²⁰ so that hys lyfe maye awaye wyth no bread, & hys soule abhorreth to eate anye dayntye meate. ²¹ In so muche that hys body is cleane consumed awaye, and hys bones apeare no more. ²² Hys soule draweth on to destruccyon, & hys lyfe to death. ²³ Nowe yf there be a messenger (one amonge a thousande) sent for to speake vnto man, and to shewe hym the ryght waye: ²⁴ then the Lorde is mercyfull vnto hym, & sayeth: He shalbe delyuered, that he fall not doune to destruccyon, for I am suffycyentlye reconcyled. ²⁵ Then hys fleshe (which hath bene in myserye and trouble) shalbe as it was in hys youth. ²⁶ For yf he submytte hym self vnto God he is gracyous, and sheweth hym his countenaunce ioyfully, and rewardeth man for hys ryghtuousnes. ²⁷ Suche a respecte hath he vnto men. Therfore let a man confesse (and saye) I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I dyd vnryghteouslye, neuerthelesse he hath not recompensed me thereafter. ²⁸ Yea he hath delyuered my soule from destruccyon, and my lyfe, that it seeth the lyght. ²⁹ Lo, thus worcketh God alwaye wyth man, ³⁰ that he kepeth hys soule from peryshynge, and letteth hym enioye the lyghte of the lyuyng. ³¹ Marke well (O Iob) and heare me: holde the styl, vntyll I haue spoken. ³² But yf thou hast anything to saye, then aunswere me, and speake, for thy aunswere pleaseth me. ³³ If thou hast nothyng, then heare me, and holde thy tonge, so shall I teache the wysdome.