Job 33

Bishops^{(i) 1} Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say ² Behold, I haue now opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my throte ³ My heart doth order my wordes aright, and my lippes talke of pure wysedome ⁴ The spirite of God hath made me, and the breath of the almightie hath geuen me my lyfe ⁵ If thou canst then geue me aunswere, prepare thy selfe and stande before me face to face ⁶ Beholde, before God I am euen as thou: for I am fashioned & made euen of the same molde ⁷ Beholde, my terrour shall not feare thee, neither shall my hande be heauy vpon thee ⁸ Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes ⁹ I am cleane without any fault, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me ¹⁰ But lo, he hath piked a quarell against me, and taketh me for his enemie ¹¹ He hath put my foote in the stockes, and looketh narowlye vnto all my pathes ¹² Behold, in this hast thou not done right, I wil make aunswere vnto thee, that God is greater then man ¹³ And why doest thou then striue against him? for he shall not geue the accomptes of all his wordes ¹⁴ For God speaketh once or twise, and yet man vnderstandeth it not ¹⁵ In dreames and visions of the night, when slumbring commeth vpon men that they fall asleepe in their beddes ¹⁶ He roundeth them in the eares, and sealeth their correction ¹⁷ That he may withdrawe man from euyll enterprises, and deliuer hym from pride ¹⁸ And kepe his soule from the graue, and his life from the sworde ¹⁹ He chasteneth hym with sickenesse vpon his bedde, he layeth sore punishement vpon his bones ²⁰ So that his lyfe may away with no bread, and his soule abhorreth to eate any dayntie meate ²¹ In so much that his body is cleane consumed away, and his bones appeare which before were not seene ²² His soule draweth vnto the graue, and his lyfe to death ²³ Now yf there be a messenger, one among a thousande, sent for to speake vnto man, and to shew him the right way ²⁴ Then the Lord is mercifull vnto him, and sayth, He shalbe deliuered, that he fall not downe to the graue: for I am sufficiently reconciled ²⁵ Then shal his fleshe be as freshe as a childes, and shal returne as in the dayes of his youth ²⁶ He shall pray vnto God, and he will be fauorable vnto him, and he shall see his face with ioy, for he will render vnto man his righteousnesse ²⁷ A respect hath he vnto men, let man then say, I haue offended, I did vnrighteously, & it hath done me no good ²⁸ Yea he hath deliuered my soule from destruction, and my lyfe shall see the light ²⁹ Lo all these worketh God alway with man ³⁰ That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing ³¹ Marke wel O Iob, and heare me: hold thee still, and I will speake ³² But if thou hast any thing to say, then aunswere me, and speake: for I desire to iustifie thee ³³ If thou hast nothing, then heare me, and hold thy tongue, and I shall teache thee wysdome