Job 18

¹ His mesure is lengere than erthe, and brodere than the see. ² If he distrieth alle thingis, ethir dryueth streitli in to oon, who schal ayenseie hym? Ethir who may seie to hym, Whi doest thou so? 3 For he knowith the vanyte of men; and whether he seynge byholdith not wickidnesse? 4 A veyn man is reisid in to pride; and gessith hym silf borun fre, as the colt of a wilde asse. 5 But thou hast maad stidefast thin herte, and hast spred abrood thin hondis to hym. 6 If thou doest awei fro thee the wickidnesse, which is in thin hond, and vnriytfulnesse dwellith not in thi tabernacle, ⁷ thanne thou schalt mowe reise thi face with out wem, and thou schalt be stidefast, and thou schalt not drede. ⁸ And thou schalt foryete wretchidnesse, and thou schalt not thenke of it, as of watris that han passid. ⁹ And as myddai schynynge it schal reise to thee at euentid; and whanne thou gessist thee wastid, thou schalt rise vp as the dai sterre. ¹⁰ And thou schalt haue trist, while hope schal be set forth to thee; and thou biried schalt slepe sikurli. ¹¹ Thou schalt reste, and noon schal be that schal make thee aferd; and ful many men schulen biseche thi face. 12 But the iyen of wickid men schulen faile; and socour schal perische fro hem, and the hope of hem schal be abhominacyioun of soule. 14 Sotheli Joob answeride, and seide, 15 Therfor ben ye men aloone, that wisdom dwelle with you? 16 And to me is an herte, as and to you, and Y am not lowere than ye; for who knowith not these thingis, whiche ye knowen? 17 He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned. 18 A laumpe is dispisid at the thouytis of riche men, and the laumpe is maad redi to a tyme ordeyned. 19 The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, ether ful of goodis; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath youe alle thingis in to her hondis. ²⁰ No wondur, ax thou beestis, and tho schulen teche thee; and axe thou volatilis of the eir, and tho schulen schewe to thee. ²¹ Speke thou to the erthe, and it schal answere thee; and the fischis of the see schulen telle tho thingis.