Job 27
1 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
And Job again took up his parable, and said:
2 God lyueth, that hath take awey my doom, and Almyyti God, that hath brouyt my soule to bitternesse.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; and the Almighty, who hath dealt bitterly with me;
3 For as long as breeth is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose thirlis,
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
4 my lippis schulen not speke wickidnesse, nether my tunge schal thenke a leesyng.
Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, neither shall my tongue utter deceit;
5 Fer be it fro me, that Y deme you iust; til Y faile, Y schal not go awei fro myn innocence.
Far be it from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.
6 Y schal not forsake my iustifiyng, which Y bigan to holde; for myn herte repreueth me not in al my lijf.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 As my wickid enemy doth; myn aduersarie is as wickid.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?
For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym?
Will God hear his cry, when trouble cometh upon him?
10 ether whether he may delite in Almyyti God, and inwardli clepe God in al tyme?
Will he have his delight in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times?
11 Y schal teche you bi the hond of God, what thingis Almyyti God hath; and Y schal not hide.
I will teach you concerning the hand of God; that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Lo! alle ye knowen, and what speken ye veyn thingis with out cause?
Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye become altogether vain?
13 This is the part of a wickid man anentis God, and the eritage of violent men, ether rauenours, whiche thei schulen take of Almyyti God.
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
14 If hise children ben multiplied, thei schulen be slayn in swerd; and hise sones sones schulen not be fillid with breed.
If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring shall not have bread enough.
15 Thei, that ben residue of hym, schulen be biried in perischyng; and the widewis of hym schulen not wepe.
Those that remain of him shall be buried by pestilence, and his widows shall make no lamentation.
16 If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, and makith redi clothis as cley;
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
17 sotheli he made redi, but a iust man schal be clothid in tho, and an innocent man schal departe the siluer.
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
18 As a mouyte he hath bildid his hous, and as a kepere he made a schadewyng place.
He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth which the keeper maketh.
19 A riche man, whanne he schal die, schal bere no thing with hym; he schal opene hise iyen, and he schal fynde no thing.
He lieth down rich, but there shall be not to gather; he openeth his eyes, and his wealth is not.
20 Pouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal oppresse hym in the nyyt.
Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
21 Brennynge wynd schal take hym, and schal do awei; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche hym fro his place.
The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth; and it sweepeth him out of his place.
22 He schal sende out turmentis on hym, and schal not spare; he fleynge schal `fle fro his hond.
Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.
23 He schal streyne hise hondis on him, and he schal hisse on hym, and schal biholde his place.
Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
