Job 30:25 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁵ Dyd not I wepe in ye tyme of trouble? Had not my soule copassion vpo ye poore?

⁴ that thrust the poore out of the waye, & oppresse the symple of the worlde together.

¹⁶ When the poore desyred enythinge at me, haue I denyed it them? Haue I caused ye wyddowe stonde waytinge for me in vayne? ¹⁷ Haue I eaten my porcion alone, that the fatherles hath had no parte with me? ¹⁸ (for mercy grewe vp with me fro my youth, & compassion fro my mothers wombe.) ¹⁹ Haue I sene eny man perish thorow nakednes & want of clothinge? Or, eny poore man for lack of rayment, ²⁰ whose sydes thanked me not, because he was warmed wt ye woll of my shepe? ²¹ Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite:

¹ Helpe LORDE, for there is not one saynte more: very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men.

¹³ Neuertheles, when they were sick, I put on a sack cloth: I humbled my soule with fastinge, and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome. ¹⁴ I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother, I wete heuely, as one yt mourneth for his mother.

²¹ Who so despyseth his neghbor, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pyte of the poore.

³¹ He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

⁵ Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.

¹⁷ He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

⁸ Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall.

⁷ It pleaseth not me, till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie, & brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house, when thou seist the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face fro thine owne flesh. ⁸ Then shal thy light breake forth as ye mornynge, and thy health florish right shortly: thy rightuousnesse shal go before the, and ye glory of the LORDE shal embrace the.

¹⁷ But yf ye wil not heare me, that geue you secrete warnynge, I will mourne fro my whole herte for youre stubburnesse. Piteously will I wepe, and the teares shall gushe out of myne eyes. For the LORDES flocke shal be caried awaye captiue.

²⁰ Do they not recompence euell for good, when they dygg a pyt for my soule? Remembre, how that I stode before the, to speake for the, ad to turne awaye thy wrath from them.

²⁷ Wherfore (o kinge) be contet with my councel, that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse, ad thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace.

⁴¹ And whan he was come neare, he behelde the cite, and wepte vpo it,

³⁵ And Iesus wepte.

¹⁵ Be mery with them that are mery and wepe with them that wepe.

⁹ As it is wrytte: He hath sparsed abrode & geue to ye poore, his righteousnes remayneth for euer.