Bishops(i)
1 Iob aunswered, and saide
2 How long wyll ye vexe my soule, and trouble me with wordes
3 Lo, ten times haue ye reproched me, and are not ashamed, but haue laughed me to scorne
4 Be it that I haue erred in deede, myne errour then remaineth with my selfe
5 But if ye wyll aduaunce your selues against me, and rebuke me for the shame that is come vpon me
6 Know this then, that it is God which hath ouerthrowe me, and hath compassed me with his net
7 If I complaine of the violence that is done vnto me, I cannot be heard: and if I crye, there is no sentence geuen with me
8 He hath hedged vp my way that I can not passe, and he hath set darkenesse in my pathes
9 He hath spoyled me of myne honour, and taken the crowne away from my head
10 He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote
11 His wrath is kindled against me, he taketh me as though I were his enemie
12 His men of warre come together, which made their way ouer me, and besieged my dwelling rounde about
13 He hath put my brethren farre away from me, and myne acquaintaunce are also become straungers vnto me
14 Myne owne kinsefolkes haue forsaken me, and my best acquainted haue forgotten me
15 The seruauntes and maydens of myne owne house toke me for a straunger, and I am become as an aliaunt in their sight
16 I called my seruaunt, and he gaue me no aunswere: [no though] I prayed him with my mouth
17 Myne owne wyfe might not abyde my breath, though I prayed her for the children sake of myne owne body
18 Yea, the young men despised me, and when I rose they spake euill vpon me
19 All my most familiers abhorred me: and they whom I loued best, are turned against me
20 My bone cleaueth to my skinne and to my fleshe, onely there is left me the skinne about my teeth
21 Haue pitie vpon me, haue pitie vpon me, O ye my friendes, for the hande of God hath touched me
22 Why do ye persecute me as God [doth] and are not satisfied with my fleshe
23 O that my wordes were now written, O that they were put in a booke
24 And grauen with an iron penne in leade, or in stone, to continue
25 For I am sure that my redeemer saueth, and he shall rayse vp at the latter day them that lye in the dust
26 And though after my skinne the [wormes] destroy this body, yet shall I see God in my fleshe
27 Whom I my selfe shall see, and myne eyes shall beholde, and none other for me, though my raines are consumed within me
28 But ye saide, why is he persecuted? and there was a deepe matter in me
29 But beware of the sworde: for the sword wylbe auenged of wickednesse, and be sure that there is a iudgement