Job 36
1 Elihu also proceeded, and said:
Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,
2 Suffer me a little, and I will tell thee; for there are yet words on God's behalf.
Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.
3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.
4 For truly my words are not false; one that is upright in mind is with thee.
For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.
5 Behold, God is mighty, yet He despiseth not any; He is mighty in strength of understanding.
God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;
6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked; but giveth to the poor their right.
but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
7 He withdraweth not His eyes from the righteous; but with kings upon the throne He setteth them for ever, and they are exalted.
He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.
8 And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
9 Then He declareth unto them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.
he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.
10 He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
11 If they hearken and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.
12 But if they hearken not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
13 But they that are godless in heart lay up anger; they cry not for help when He bindeth them.
Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.
14 Their soul perisheth in youth, and their life as that of the depraved.
The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.
15 He delivereth the afflicted by His affliction, and openeth their ear by tribulation.
He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
16 Yea, He hath allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which is set on thy table is full of fatness;
Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse.
17 And thou art full of the judgment of the wicked; judgment and justice take hold on them.
Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.
18 For beware of wrath, lest thou be led away by thy sufficiency; neither let the greatness of the ransom turn thee aside.
Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.
19 Will thy riches avail, that are without stint, or all the forces of thy strength?
Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
20 Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.
Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.
21 Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.
22 Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?
Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
23 Who hath enjoined Him His way? Or who hath said: 'Thou hast wrought unrighteousness'?
Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?
24 Remember that thou magnify His work, whereof men have sung.
Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.
25 All men have looked thereon; man beholdeth it afar off.
Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.
26 Behold, God is great, beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.
Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.
27 For He draweth away the drops of water, which distil rain from His vapour;
Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,
28 Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men.
whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
29 Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?
If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,
30 Behold, He spreadeth His light upon it; and He covereth the depths of the sea.
and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,
31 For by these He judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.
the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
32 He covereth His hands with the lightning, and giveth it a charge that it strike the mark.
In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.
33 The noise thereof telleth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the storm that cometh up.
He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.
