Job 37
1 Yea, at this, my heart quaketh, and starteth up out of its place.
Myn herte dredde of this thing, and is moued out of his place.
2 Hear! oh hear! the raging of his voice, A growling sound also, out of his mouth, goeth forth;
It schal here an heryng in the feerdfulnesse of his vois, and a sown comynge forth of his mouth.
3 Under the whole heavens, he letteth it loose, His lightning also, unto the wings of the earth;
He biholdith ouere alle heuenes; and his liyt is ouere the termes of erthe.
4 After it, roareth a voice, He thundereth with his voice of majesty, Nor will he hold them back, when his voice is heard.
Sown schal rore aftir hym, he schal thundre with the vois of his greetnesse; and it schal not be souyt out, whanne his vois is herd.
5 GOD thundereth with his voice, wonderfully, Doing great things, which we cannot know;
God schal thundre in his vois wondurfulli, that makith grete thingis and that moun not be souyt out.
6 For, to the snow, he saith, Fall earthwards, —Also to the downpour of rain, yea the downpour of his mighty rains.
Which comaundith to the snow to come doun on erthe, and to the reynes of wijntir, and to the reynes of his strengthe.
7 On the hand of every man, he setteth a seal, that all men may take note of his doing.
Which markith in the hond of alle men, that alle men knowe her werkis.
8 So then the wild-beast hath gone into covert, and, in its lairs, doth it remain.
An vnresonable beeste schal go in to his denne, and schal dwelle in his caue, `ethir derke place.
9 Out of a chamber cometh a storm-wind, and, out of the north, cold.
Tempestis schulen go out fro the ynnere thingis, and coold fro Arturus.
10 By the breath of GOD, is given—frost, and, the breadth of waters, is congealed;
Whanne God makith blowyng, frost wexith togidere; and eft ful brood watris ben sched out.
11 Also, with moisture, burdeneth he the thick cloud, He disperseth his lightning-cloud;
Whete desirith cloudis, and cloudis spreeden abrood her liyt.
12 Yea, the same, in circles, turneth itself to and fro, by his steering them to their work, whithersoever he commandeth them, over the face of the world, towards the earth.
Whiche cloudes cumpassen alle thingis bi cumpas, whidur euere the wil of the gouernour ledith tho, to al thing which he comaundith `to tho on the face of the world;
13 Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.
whether in o lynage, ethir in his lond, ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho to be foundun.
14 Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: —
Joob, herkene thou these thingis; stonde thou, and biholde the meruels of God.
15 Canst thou got to know of GOD’S giving charge over them, or of the causing of the lightning of his cloud to shine forth?
Whethir thou woost, whanne God comaundide to the reynes, that tho schulen schewe the liyt of hise cloudis?
16 Canst thou get to know concerning the poisings of the thick cloud, the wonders of one who is perfect in knowledge?
Whether thou knowist the grete weies of cloudis, and perfit kunnyngis?
17 That thy garments should be hot when he quieteth the earth from the south?
Whether thi cloothis ben not hoote, whanne the erthe is blowun with the south?
18 Didst thou spread out, with him, the skies, strong as a molten mirror?
In hap thou madist with hym heuenes, which moost sad ben foundid, as of bras.
19 Let us know what we shall say to him, We cannot set in order, by reason of darkness.
Schewe thou to vs, what we schulen seie to hym; for we ben wlappid in derknessis.
20 Shall it be declared to him—that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?
Who schal telle to hym, what thingis Y speke? yhe, if he spekith, a man schal be deuourid.
21 Yet, now, men see not the light, bright though it is in the skies, when, a wind, hath passed over, and cleansed them.
And now men seen not liyt; the eir schal be maad thicke sudenli in to cloudis, and wynd passynge schal dryue awei tho.
22 Out of the north, a golden light cometh, Upon GOD, is fearful splendour:
Gold schal come fro the north, and ferdful preisyng of God.
23 The Almighty, whom we have not fully found out, is great in vigour, —Neither, justice nor abounding righteousness, will he weaken.
For we moun not fynde him worthili; he is greet in strengthe, and in doom, and in riytfulnesse, and may not be teld out.
24 Therefore, do men revere him, He will not regard any who are wise in heart.
Therfor men schulen drede hym; and alle men, that semen to hem silf to be wise, schulen not be hardi to biholde.
