Job 35 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ Eliu spake morouer, and sayde: ² Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest: I am rightuous before God ³ Seinge thou sayest so, how doest thou knowe it? What thinge hast thou more excellet, the I yt am a synner? ⁴ Therfore will I geue answere vnto the & thy frendes: ⁵ loke vnto the heaue, & beholde it: cosidre ye cloudes, how they are hyer then thou. ⁶ Yf thou synnest, what dost thou vnto him? Yf thine offences be many, how gettest thou his fauoure? ⁷ Yf thou be rightuous, what geuest thou him? Or, what receaueth he of thy handes? ⁸ Of soch an vngodly personne as thou, & of ye sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be: ⁹ there is a greate crie & coplaynte made by the that are oppressed with violence, yee eueryman complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes. ¹⁰ For soch one neuer sayeth: Where is God that made me? ad yt shyneth vpon vs, that we might prayse him in the night? ¹¹ Which geueth vs more vnderstodinge then he doth the beastes of the earth, and teacheth vs more then the foules off heaue. ¹² Yf eny soch complayne, no ma geueth answere, and yt because of the wickednesse off proude tyrauntes. ¹³ But yf a man call vpon God, doth not he heare him? Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie? ¹⁴ Wha thou speakest then, shulde not he pardon the, yff thou open thyself before him, and put thy trust in him? ¹⁵ Then vseth he no violence in his wrath nether hath he pleasure in curious and depe inquisicions. ¹⁶ Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne, ad folishly hath he made so many wordes.

²⁶ And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth.

⁷ And ye LORDE God shope man eue of the moulde of the earth, & brethed in to his face ye breth of life. And so was man made a lyuynge soule.

² And I wil make of the a mightie people, and wyll blesse the, and make the a greate name, yee thou shalt be a very blessynge.

⁵ And he bad him go forth, and sayde: Loke vp vnto heauen, and tell ye starres: Canst thou nombre them? And he sayde vnto him: Euen so shal thy sede be.

²⁴ Peradueture there maye be fiftie righteous within ye cite: wilt thou destroye those, and not spare the place, for fiftie righteous sake that are therin? ²⁵ That be farre fro the, yt thou shuldest do this, and to slaye the righteous with the vngodly, and that the righteous shulde be as the vngodly. That be farre from the. Shulde not the iudge of all the worlde do acordinge to right? ²⁶ And the LORDE sayde: Yf I fynde fiftie righteous at Sodome in the cite, I wil spare all the place for their sakes. ²⁷ Abraham answered, and sayde: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto the LORDE, howbeit I am but dust and asshes. ²⁸ Peraduenture there maye be fyue lesse then fiftie righteous therin: Wilt thou then destroye the whole cite because of those fyue? He sayde: yf I fynde fyue and fourtie therin, I will not destroye them? ²⁹ And he proceded further to speake vnto him, and sayde: Peraduenture there might be fourtie founde therin. And he sayde: I wil do nothinge vnto them for those fourtyes sake. ³⁰ Abraham sayde: Oh let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet more. Peradueture there might be thirtie founde therin. And he sayde: Yf I fynde thirtie therin, I will do nothinge vnto them. ³¹ And he sayde: O se, I haue taken vpon me to speake vnto my LORDE.Peradueture there might be twetie founde therin. He answered: I wyll not destroye them for those twentyes sake. ³² And sayde: O let not my LORDE be angrie, that I speake yet once more. Peraduenture there might be ten founde therin. He saide: I wil not destroye them for those ten sake. ³³ And the LORDE wente his waye, whan he had left talkynge with Abraham. And Abraham returned vnto his place.

²⁹ For whan God destroyed ye cities of the region, he thought vpon Abraham, and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew, wherin Lot dwelt.

²³ And she bare him yet a sonne, whom he called Elieser, and sayde: The God of my father is my helper, and hath delyuered me from Pharaos hade.But after this in processe of tyme, the kynge of Egipte dyed. And the childre of Israel sighed ouer their laboure, and cried.

⁷ And the LORDE sayde: I haue sene the trouble of my people in Egipte & haue herde their crye ouer those that oppresse them. I knowe their sorowe,

⁹ For so moch now as the complaynte of the children of Israel is come before me, & I haue sene their oppression wherwith the Egipcians oppresse them:

¹² But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses & Aaron: Because ye beleued me not, to sanctifye me before ye childre of Israel, ye shal not bringe this congregacion in to the londe that I shal geue the.

¹ But the children of Israel had comytted a sinne in the thinge yt was damned: for Achan the sonne of Charmi the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Serah, of ye trybe of Iuda, toke some of it yt was daned. Then was the wrath of the LORDE fearce ouer the children of Israel. ² Now whan Iosua sent out men from Iericho vnto Hai, which lyeth besyde Bethaue on ye eastsyde of Bethel, he sayde vnto the: Go vp, and spye the londe. And whan they had gone vp, and spyed out Hai, ³ they came agayne to Iosua, and sayde vnto him: Let not all the people go vp, but vpon a two or thre thousande, that they maye go vp and smyte Hai, lest all the people weerye them selues there, for they are but fewe. ⁴ So there wente vp, of the people vpon a thre thousande men, and they fled before the men of Hai, ⁵ and they of Hai smote vpon a syxe and thyrtie men of them, and chaced them from the porte vnto Sebarim, and smote them downe the waye. Then was the hert of the people discoraged, and became like water.

²⁰ Did not Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the thinge that was damned, and the wrath came ouer ye whole congregacion of Israel and he wente not downe alone for his mysdede?

²⁷ For thynkest thou yt God dwelleth vpon earth? Beholde, the heauens and the heauens of all heauens maye not contayne the: how shulde then this house do it, that I haue buylded?

¹³ Thus dyed Saul in his trespace which he commytted agaynst the LORDE, because he kepte not the worde of the LORDE: & because he axed councell at the soythsayer, ¹⁴ and axed not at the LORDE, therfore slewe he him, & turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid.

¹⁴ For who am I? What is my people? that we shulde be able with a fre wyll to offre, as this is done? For of the commeth all, and of thy hande haue we geuen it the:

²² Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble, ²³ and dyd sacrifyce vnto the goddes of them of Damascon, which had smitten him, & sayde: The goddes of the kynges of Syria helpe them, therfore wil I offre vnto them, that they maye helpe me also, where as the same yet were a fall vnto him and to all Israel.

¹ And there arose a greate complaynte of ye people, & of their wyues against their brethren the Iewes. ² And there were some yt sayde: oure sonnes and doughters are to many, let vs take corne for the, & eate, that we maye lyue. ³ Some saide: Let vs set or londes, vynyardes & houses to pledge, & take vp corne in the derth. ⁴ But some saide: Let vs borowe money of the kinge vpo vsury for oure londes and vynyardes. ⁵ Now are oure brethrens bodies as oure awne bodies, and their children as oure children: els shulde we subdue oure sonnes and doughters vnto bondage, and some of oure doughters are subdued allready, and no strength is there in oure handes, and other men shal haue oure londes and vynyardes.

¹ After this opened Iob his mouth, and cursed his daye,

⁵ But now that the plage is come vpon the, thou shreckest awaye: now that it hath touched thyself, thou art faint harted.

¹¹ Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not perceaue it.

¹⁴ How shulde I then answere him? or, what wordes shulde I fynde out agaynst him?

¹⁷ he troubleth me so with the tempest, and woundeth me out of measure without a cause.

¹⁹ Yf men will speake of strength, he is the stogest of all: yf me will speake of rightousnes, who darre be my recorde?

²¹ For that I shulde be an innocent, my coscience knoweth it not, yee I my self am weery off my life. ²² This one thige wil I saye: He destroyeth both the rightuous & vngodly.

³⁰ Though I wasshed my self with snowe water, and made myne hondes neuer so clene, ³¹ yet shuldest thou dyppe me in ye myre, & myne owne clothes shulde defyle me.

⁷ where as (notwithstondinge) thou knowest that I am no wicked person, & that there is no man able to delyuer me out of thine honde.

¹⁵ Yf I do wickedly, wo is me therfore: Yf I be rightuous, yet darre I not lift vp my heade: so full am I of confucion, and se myne owne misery.

¹⁹ he ledeth awaye the prestes into captiuyte, and turneth the mightie vp syde downe.

¹⁵ Lo, there is nether coforte ner hope for me, yf he wil slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his sight,

¹⁷ Howbeit there is no wickednesse in my hondes, and my prayer is clene.

⁶ knowe this then, yt it is God, which hath handled me so violetly, & hath compased me aboute with his scourges. ⁷ Beholde, though I crie, yet violece is done vnto me, I can not be herde: Though I complane, there is none to geue sentece with me.

⁷ Beholde, though I crie, yet violece is done vnto me, I can not be herde: Though I complane, there is none to geue sentece with me.

¹⁵ What maner of felowe is the Allmightie, that we shulde serue him? What profit shulde we haue, to submitte oure selues vnto him?

² Maye a man be copared vnto God in wy?dome, though he seme to himself, for to be like him? ³ What pleasure hath God in yt thou art rightuous? Or what doth it profite him, yt thy waies are perfecte?

¹² Now because yt God is hyer the the heauens, & because thou seist yt the starres are so hye,

²² Receaue the lawe at his mouth, & laye vp his wordes in thine herte. ²³ For yf thou wilt turne to the Allmightie, thou shalt stonde fast, & all vnrightuousnesse shall be farre from thy dwellinge: ²⁴ He shal geue the an haruest, which in plenty & abundaunce shall exceade the dust of the earth, and the golde of Ophir like ryuer stones. ²⁵ Yee the Allmightie his owne self shalbe thine haruest, & the heape of thy money. ²⁶ Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Allmightie, & lift vp thy face vnto God. ²⁷ The shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him, & he shal heare the, & thou shalt kepe thy promyses.

³ O that I might se him & fynde him: O that I might come before his seate,

⁸ For though I go before, I fynde him not: yf I come behynde, I ca get no knowlege of him: ⁹ Yf I go on the left syde to pondre his workes, I can not atteyne vnto them: Agayne, yf I go on the right syde, he hydeth himself, yt I can not se him. ¹⁰ But as for my waye, he knoweth it: & trieth me as ye golde in ye fyre.

¹² The whole cite crieth vnto the LORDE with sighinge, the soules of the slayne make their complaynte: But God destroyeth them not for all this,

⁵ Beholde, the Moone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him, & the starres are vnclene in his sight. ⁶ How moch more the, ma, that is but corrupcion: and the sonne of man, which is but a worme?

² As truly as God lyueth (which hath taken awaye my power fro me) & the Allmightie, that hath vexed my mynde: ³ My lippes shall talke of no vanite, and my tonge shal speake no disceate, ⁴ whyle my breth is in me, and as longe as the wynde (that God hath geuen me) is in my nostrels. ⁵ God forbydde, that I shulde graunte youre cause to be right. As for me, vntill myne ende come wil I neuer go fro myne innocency. ⁶ My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe fast, & not forsake it: For my conscience reproueth me not in all my conuersacion.

⁸ What hope hath ye Ypocrite, though he haue greate good, and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre? ⁹ Doth God heare him the sooner, whe he crieth vnto him in his necessite? ¹⁰ Hath he soch pleasure & delyte in the Allmightie, that he darre allwaye call vpon God?

¹⁵ Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me. Myne honoure vanisheth awaye more swiftly then wynde, & my prosperite departeth hece like as it were a cloude. ¹⁶ Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuynesse, & ye dayes of trouble haue take holde vpon me. ¹⁷ My bones are pearsed thorow in ye night season, & my synewes take no rest. ¹⁸ With all their power haue they chaunged my garmet, & gyrded me therwith, as it were wt a coate. ¹⁹ I am eue as it were claye, & am become like asshes & dust. ²⁰ Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not.

²⁰ Whe I crie vnto the, thou doest not heare me: & though I stonde before the, yet thou regardest me not. ²¹ Thou art become myne enemye, & wt yi violet hade thou takest parte agaynst me. ²² In tymes past thou didest set me vp an hye, as it were aboue ye winde, but now hast thou geue me a very sore fall. ²³ Sure I am, yt thou wilt delyuer me vnto death: where as a lodgyng is prepared for all me ²⁴ Now vse not me to do violece vnto the, yt are destroyed allready: but where hurte is done, there vse thei to helpe. ²⁵ Dyd not I wepe in ye tyme of trouble? Had not my soule copassion vpo ye poore? ²⁶ Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good, euell happened vnto me: and where as I waited for light, there came darcknesse. ²⁷ My bowels seeth wt in me & take no rest, for ye dayes of my trouble are come vpo me. ²⁸ Mekely & lowly came I in, yee & without eny displeasure: I stode vp in ye cogregacion, & commoned with the ²⁹ But now. I am a copanyon of dragons, & a felowe of Esiriches. ³⁰ My skynne vpo me is turned to black, & my bones are bret wt heate: ³¹ my harpe is turned to sorow, & my pipe to wepinge.

² For how greate a porcio shal I haue of God fro aboue? & what enheritauce fro ye Almightie on hie?

⁸ Euery ma (no doute) hath a mynde, but it is the inspyracion of the Allmightie that geueth vnderstondinge.

²² For yf I wolde go aboute to please me, I knowe not how soone my maker wolde take me awaye.

² Beholde, I wil open my mouth, & my tonge shal speake out of my chawes.

⁸ Now hast thou spoken in myne eares, & I haue herde ye voyce of thy wordes: ⁹ I am clene without eny fawte, I am innocent, & there is no wickednesse in me. ¹⁰ But lo, he hath pyked a quarell agaynst me, & taketh me for his enemy: ¹¹ he hath put my fote in the stockes, & loketh narowly vnto all my pathes. ¹² Beholde, vnto these vnreasonable wordes of thyne wil I make answere. Shulde God be reproued of man?

⁵ And why? Iob hath sayde: I am rightuous, but God doth me wronge.

⁸ which goeth in ye company of wicked doers, & walketh wt vngodly me? ⁹ For he saieth: Though a ma be good, yet is he naught before God.

²⁸ In so moch that they haue caused ye voyce of the poore to come vnto him, & now he heareth the coplaynte of soch as are in necessite.

³⁵ As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely. ³⁶ O father, let Iob be well tryed, because he he hath turned himself to ye wicked: ³⁷ yee aboue his synnes he hath blasphemed, which offence he hath done euen before vs, in yt he stryueth agaynst God with his wordes.

³ I wil open vnto ye yet more of myne vnderstondinge, and proue my maker rightuous.

¹³ As for soch as be fayned, dyssemblers and ypocrytes, they heape vp wrath for them selues: for they call not vpon him, though they be his presoners.

²² Beholde, God is of a mightie hye power: Where is there soch a gyde and lawegeuer as he?

²⁶ Beholde, so greate is God, that he passeth oure knowlege, nether are we able to come to ye experiece of his yeares.

¹⁶ Art thou of his coucell, when he spredeth out the cloudes? Hast thou the perfecte knowlege of his wonders?

²² Golde is brought out of the north, but the prayse and honoure off Gods feare commeth fro God himself. ²³ It is not we that can fynde out the allmightie: for in power, equite and rigtuousnesse he is hyer then can be expressed.

² what is he, that hydeth his mynde with foolysh wordes?

⁸ Wilt thou disanulle my iudgment? Or, wilt thou condemne me, yt thou thy self mayest be made rightuous? ⁹ Is thine arme then like the arme of God? Maketh thy voyce soch a soude as his doth?

⁸ Therfore take vij. oxen and seuen rammes, and go to my seruaunt Iob, offre vp also for youre selues a brentofferynge, and lat my seruaunt Iob praye for you. Him will I accepte, and not deale with you after youre foolishnesse: in that ye haue not spoke ye thinge which is right, like as my seruaunt Iob hath done.

³ For I considre thy heauens, euen the worke off thy fyngers: the Moone and the starres which thou hast made. ⁴ Oh what is man, yt thou art so myndfull of him? ether the sonne of ma that thou visitest him?

¹⁵ Breake thou ye arme off the vngodly and malycious, search out the wickednesse which he hath done, that he maye perish.

⁵ Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

² I haue sayde vnto ye LORDE: thou art my God, my goodes are nothinge vnto the.

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to helpe the: yee euen vnto the LORDE, but he herde the not.

¹² Delyuer me not into the wylles of myne aduersaries, for there are false wytnesses rysen vp against me, and they ymagyn myschefe. ¹³ Neuerthelesse, I beleue verely to se the goodnesse of the LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge. ¹⁴ O tary thou ye LORDES leysure, be stronge, let thine hert be of good comforte, and wayte thou still for the LORDE.

⁵ Comitte thy waye vnto ye LORDE, set thy hope in him, and he shal brynge it to passe. ⁶ Yee he shall make thy rightuousnesse as cleare as the light, & thy iust dealinge as the noone daye.

⁸ I wil saye vnto God my stony rock: why hast thou forgotten me? why go I thus heuely, whyle the enemie oppresseth me?

² For thou (o God) art my stregth: why hast thou shot me from the? Why go I then so heuely, whyle the enemie oppresseth me?

² The enemie crieth so, & the vngodly commeth on so fast: for they are mynded to do me some myschefe, so maliciously are they set agaynst me. ³ My herte is heuy within me, and the feare of death is fallen vpon me.

¹ Be mercifull vnto me (o God) for men wil treade me downe: they are daylie fightinge & troublinge me. ² Myne enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete, for they be many, yt proudly fight agaynst me.

⁵ Sela. Neuertheles, my soule abydeth only vpon God, for he is my God.

⁸ Oput yor trust in him allwaye (ye people) poure out yor hertes before him, for God is oure hope.

⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst. ⁸ Corrupte are they, and speake blasphemies maliciously, proude and presumptuous are their wordes.

¹³ Shulde I then clense my hert in vayne (thought I) & wash my hondes in innocency?

⁵ Then remembred I the tymes of olde, & the yeares that were past. ⁶ I called to remembraunce my songe in the night, I commoned with myne owne herte, and sought out my sprete.

⁶ I called to remembraunce my songe in the night, I commoned with myne owne herte, and sought out my sprete. ⁷ Wil the LORDE cast out for euer? Wil he be nomore intreated? ⁸ Is his mercy cleane gone? Is his promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore? ⁹ Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious? Or, hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure? ¹⁰ Sela. At the last I came to this poynte, that I thought: O why art thou so foolish? the right honde of the most hyest can chaunge all.

¹¹ Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue, or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion? ¹² Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke, or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotte? ¹³ Vnto the I crie (o LORDE) and early cometh my prayer before the. ¹⁴ LORDE, why puttest thou awaye my soule? Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me? ¹⁵ My strength is gone for very sorow and misery, with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens. ¹⁶ Thy wroth full displeasure goeth ouer me, the feare of the oppresseth me.

³² Yf they breake myne ordinaunces, and kepe not my commaundementes.

¹² Blessed is the ma, whom thou lernest (o LORDE) and teachest him in thy lawe.

² Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him, rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate.

¹⁷ He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute, and despyseth not their desyre.

²³ So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them, had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in yt gappe: to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion, lest he shulde destroye the.

³⁰ Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice, & so the plage ceased.

⁶² At mydnight stonde I vp, to geue thakes vnto the, for the iudgmentes of thy rightuousnesse.

³ Haue mercy vpo vs (o LORDE) haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. ⁴ Oure soule is fylled wt the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, & with ye despitefulnesse of the proude.

⁵ Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory, let them reioyse in their beddes.

²⁸ Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me:

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹² Yf thou be wyse, yi wysdome shal do yi selfe good: but yf thou thynkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shal be wyse: but who so is a copanyo of fooles, shal be hurte.

⁸ The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

²⁹ The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth ye prayer of the rightuous.

⁹ He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.

¹ Whan thou commest in to the house of God, kepe thy fote, and drawe nye, that thou mayest heare: that is better then the offeringes of fooles, for they knowe not what euell they do. ² Be not hastie with thy mouth, & let not thine hert speake eny thige rashly before God. For God is in heauen, & thou vpon earth, therfore let thy wordes be fewe. ³ For where moch carefulnesse is, there are many dreames: & where many wordes are, there men maye heare fooles.

¹⁸ For wy?dome is better then harnesse: but one vnthrift alone destroyeth moch good.

¹ Remembre thy maker in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersite come, and or the yeares drawe nye, when thou shalt saye: I haue no pleasure in them:

¹⁵ Though ye holde out yor hondes, yet turne I myne eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet heare I nothinge at all, for youre hondes are full of bloude.

²¹ Yf he do not this, he stombleth and suffreth huger. And yf he suffre honger, he is out of pacience, and blasphemeth his kynge and his God. Then loketh he vpwarde, and downewarde to the earth,

¹⁴ I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes, & wilbe like the highest of all. ¹⁵ Yet darre I laye, yt thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell. ¹⁶ They that se the, shal narowly loke vpo the, and thinke in them selues, sayenge: Is this the man, that brought all londes in feare, and made ye kingdomes afrayde: ¹⁷ Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist, & and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go home?

¹⁸ Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge, that he maye haue mercy vpon you, and lifteth him self vp, that he maye receaue you to grace. For the LORDE God is rightuous. Happie are all thei that wate for him.

²² That he sytteth vpon the Circle of the worlde, and that all the inhabitours of the worlde are in coparison of him, but as greshoppers: That he spredeth out the heaues as a coueringe, that he stretcheth them out, as. a tent to dwell in: ²³ That he bringeth princes to nothinge, and the iudges of the earth to dust:

¹⁰ Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoge you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaut. Who so walketh in darcknesse, & no light shyneth vpo him, let him hope in the LORDE, and holde him by his God.

¹³ And forgettest the LORDE that made the, that spred out the heauens, and layde the foundacion of the earth. But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure, which is ready to do harme: Where is the wrath of the oppressoure?

⁵ For he that made the, shalbe thy LORDE & husbonde (whose name is the LORDE of hoostes) & thine avenger shalbe euen the holy one off Israel, the LORDE of the whole worlde.

¹⁷ but all the weapens yt are made agaynst the, shal not prospere. And as for all tunges, yt shal resiste the in iudgmet, thou shalt ouercome the, & codemne them. This is the heretage of the LORDES seruauntes, & the rightuousnes that they shal haue of me, saieth the LORDE.

⁹ But as farre as the heauens are hyer then the earth, so farre do my waies exceade yours, & my thoughtes yours

¹⁹ How be it they hurte not me (saieth the LORDE) but rather confounde, and shame them selues.

¹¹ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I will sende a plage amonge you, which ye shal not be able to escape: and though ye crie vnto me, I will not heare you.

³⁰ And I sought in the londe for a man, that wolde make vp the hedge, and set him self in the gappe before me in the lodes behalfe, yt I shulde not vtterly destroye it: but I coude fynde none.

¹⁴ They call not vpon me with their hartes, but lye youlinge vpon their beddes. Where as they come together, it is but for meate & drincke, and me will they not obeye.

² Israel can saye vnto me: thou art my God, we knowe the: ³ but he hath refused the thinge that is good, therfore shall the enemye folowe vpon him.

⁸ What greate thinges haue I geuen the, o Ephraim? how faithfully haue I defended the, o Israel? haue I dealt with the as with Adama? or haue I intreated the like Seboim? No, my hert is otherwise mynded. Yee my mercy is to feruent: ⁹ therfore haue I not turned me to destroye Ephraim in my wrothful displeasure. For I am God and no man, I am euen that holy one in the myddest of the, though I came not within the cite.

²² And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges, yet haue I no pleasure therin: As for youre fat thankofferynges, I wil not loke vpon them.

¹² he answered them: Take me, and cast me in to the see, so shal it let you be in rest: for I wote, it is for my sake, that this greate tempest is come vpon you.

⁷ Neuerthelesse I wil loke vp vnto ye LORDE, I wil paciently abyde God my sauioure: my God shal heare me. ⁸ O thou enemie of myne, reioyce not at my fall, for I shal get vp agayne: and though I syt in darcknesse, yet ye LORDE is my light. ⁹ I will beare the punishment of the LORDE (for why, I haue offended him) till he syt in iudgment vpon my cause, and se that I haue right. He wil bringe me forth to the light, and I shal se his rightuosnesse.

³ The LORDE suffreth longe, he is of greate power, & so innocent, that he leaueth no man fautlesse before him. The LORDE goeth forth in tempest and stormy wether, the cloudes are the dust of his fete.

¹⁴ Ye haue sayed: It is but lost laboure, to serue God: What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes, and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes?

⁷ And when ye praye, bable not moch, as ye Hethen do: for they thinke that they shalbe herde, for their moch bablynges sake.

³⁶ But I saye vnto you, that of euery ydell worde that me haue spoken, they shal geue accomptes at ye daye of iudgmet. ³⁷ Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, & out of thy wordes thou shalt be codemned.

²¹ And he saide vnto her: What wilt thou? She sayde vnto him: Let these two sonnes of myne syt in thy kyngdome: the one vpon thy right honde, & the other vpon thy left honde. ²² But Iesus answered, and sayde: Ye wote not what ye axe. Maye ye drynke the cuppe, that I shal drynke? & to be baptised with the baptyme, that I shalbe baptysed withall?

²⁰ And beholde, thou shalt be domme, and not able to speake, vntyll the daye that this come to passe, because thou hast not beleued my wordes, which shalbe fulfylled in their season.

¹⁰ So likewyse ye, wha ye haue done all that is comaunded you, saye: We are vnprofitable seruauntes, we haue done that we were bounde to do.

³ And in the same cite there was a wedowe, which came vnto him, and sayde: delyuer me fro myne aduersary. ⁴ And he wolde not a greate whyle. But afterwarde he thought within hi self: Though I feare not God, & stonde in awe of no man, ⁵ yet seynge this weddowe is so importune vpon me, I wil delyuer her, lest she come at the last, and rayle vpon me. ⁶ Then sayde the LORDE: Heare what ye vnrighteous iudge sayeth. ⁷ But shall not God also delyuer his chosen, that crye vnto hi daye and night, though he differre the?

²² He sayde vnto him: Of thine awne mouth iudge I the thou euell seruaunt. Knewest thou thou that I am an harde man, takynge vp that I layde not downe, and reapynge that I dyd not sowe?

³¹ For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he.

²⁵ But at mydnight prayed Paul and Sylas, and praysed God. And the presoners herde them.

²⁴ & saide: Feare not Paul, thou must be broughte before the Emperoure. And lo, God hath geuen vnto the all the that sayle with the.

³³ Who wyl laye enythinge to ye charge of Gods chosen? Here is God that maketh righteous, ³⁴ who wil then condemne? Here is Christ that is deed, yee rather which is raysed vp agayne, which is also on ye righte hande of God, and maketh intercession for vs.

³⁵ Or who hath geue him ought afore hande, that he mighte be recompenced agayne?

⁷ By faith Noe honoured God, after yt he was warned of thinges which were not sene, & prepared the Arke, to ye sauinge of his housholde: thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde, and became heyre of the righteousnes, which commeth by faith.

¹¹ No maner chastisynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyous, but greuous: neuertheles afterwarde it bringeth the quyete frute of righteousnes, vnto them which are exercysed therby. ¹² Life vp therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees,

³ Ye axe & receaue not because ye axe amysse: eue to cosume it vpo yor voluptuousnes.

¹⁹ Wherfore let them that suffer acordynge to the will off God, commytte their soules vnto him with well doynge, as to the faithfull creator.

¹⁹ As many as I loue, I rebuke & chasten. Be feruent therfore and repent.