Job 27
1 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide,
And Job again took up his measure, 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, even the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul;
3 For as long as breeth is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose thirlis,
All the while my inspiration 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.
Verily my lips shall not speak perversity, nor 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, —Even until I breathe my last, will I not let go 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.
On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.
7 As my wickid enemy doth; myn aduersarie is as wickid.
Let mine enemy be a veritably lawless one! And, he that lifteth himself up against me, one veritably perverse!
8 For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?
For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?
9 Whether God schal here the cry of hym, whanne angwisch schal come on hym?
His outcry, will GOD hear, when there cometh upon him distress?
10 ether whether he may delite in Almyyti God, and inwardli clepe God in al tyme?
Verily, in the Almighty, he will not find delight, nor call on GOD continually!
11 Y schal teche you bi the hond of God, what thingis Almyyti God hath; and Y schal not hide.
I would teach you, by 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?
Lo! ye, have, all of you, seen, Wherefore, then, is it, that ye are utterly without purpose?
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 lawless man with GOD, That, the heritage of tyrants—from the Almighty, he shall receive.
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, for them, [there is] the sword, and, his offspring, shall not be filled with bread;
15 Thei, that ben residue of hym, schulen be biried in perischyng; and the widewis of hym schulen not wepe.
His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;
16 If he gaderith togidere siluer as erthe, and makith redi clothis as cley;
Though he heap up silver like, dust, and, like a pile, he prepare clothing,
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, but, the righteous, shall put on, and, the silver, shall the innocent apportion.
18 As a mouyte he hath bildid his hous, and as a kepere he made a schadewyng place.
He hath built, like a moth, his house, —like a hut, which a watcher hath made.
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.
The rich man, shall lie down, and not do it again, his eyes, hath he opened, and then is not.
20 Pouert as water schal take hym; and tempeste schal oppresse hym in the nyyt.
There shall reach him—like waters—terrors, By night, a storm-wind hath stolen him away;
21 Brennynge wynd schal take hym, and schal do awei; and as a whirlewynd it schal rauysche hym fro his place.
An east wind shall lift him up, and he shall depart, and it shall sweep him away out of his place;
22 He schal sende out turmentis on hym, and schal not spare; he fleynge schal `fle fro his hond.
And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;
23 He schal streyne hise hondis on him, and he schal hisse on hym, and schal biholde his place.
He shall clap over him his hands, and shall hiss him forth out of his place.
