Job 35
1 Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,
And Elius resumed and said,
2 `ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?
What is this that you think to be according to right? who are you that you have said, I am righteous before the Lord?
3 For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?
I will answer you, and your three friends.
4 Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.
Look up to the sky and see; and consider the clouds, how high [they are] above you.
5 Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.
If you have sinned, what will you do?
6 If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?
and if too you have transgressed much, what can you perform?
7 Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?
And suppose you are righteous, what will you give him? or what shall he receive of your hand?
8 Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.
Your ungodliness [may affect] a man who is like to you; or your righteousness a son of man.
9 Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.
They that are oppressed of a multitude will be ready to cry out; they will call for help because of the arm of many.
10 And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?
But none said, Where is God that made me, who appoints the night-watches;
11 Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.
who makes me to differ from the four-footed beasts of the earth, and from the birds of the sky?
12 There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.
There they shall cry, and none shall listen, even because of the insolence of wicked men.
13 For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.
For the Lord desires not to look on error, for he is the Almighty One.
14 Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.
He beholds them that perform lawless deeds, and he will save me: and do you plead before him, if you can praise him, as it is [possible] even now.
15 For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.
For he is not [now] regarding his wrath, nor has he noticed severely any trespass.
16 Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.
Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.
