Job 36
1 Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,
Elihu also proceeded, and said,
2 Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on Eloah's behalf.
3 Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.
I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
4 For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
5 God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;
Behold, El is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
6 but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
7 He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.
He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
8 And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;
9 he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.
Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.
10 Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.
11 If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.
If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.
12 Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
13 Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
14 The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
15 He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
16 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.
Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
17 Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
18 Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.
Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.
19 Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
20 Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.
Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.
21 Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.
Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
22 Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
Behold, El exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
23 Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?
Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?
24 Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.
Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.
25 Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.
Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
26 Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.
Behold, El is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.
27 Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,
For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
28 whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.
29 If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,
Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
30 and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,
Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.
31 the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.
32 In hondis he hidith liyt; and comaundith it, that it come eft.
With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
33 He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.
The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.
