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¹ Lo! myn iye siy alle thingis, and myn eere herde; and Y vndurstood alle thingis.² Euene with youre kunnyng also Y kan, and Y am not lowere than ye.³ But netheles Y schal speke to Almyyti God, and Y coueite to dispute with God;⁴ and firste Y schewe you makeris of leesyng, and louyeris of weyward techyngis.⁵ And `Y wolde that ye weren stille, that ye weren gessid to be wise men.⁶ Therfor here ye my chastisyngis; and perseyue ye the doom of my lippis.⁷ Whether God hath nede to youre leesyng, that ye speke gilis for hym?⁸ Whether ye taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God?⁹ Ethir it schal plese hym, fro whom no thing mai be hid? Whether he as a man schal be disseyued with youre falsnessis?¹⁰ He schal repreue you; for ye taken his face in hiddlis.¹¹ Anoon as he schal stire hym, he schal disturble you; and his drede schal falle on you.¹² Youre mynde schal be comparisound to aische; and youre nollis schulen be dryuun in to clei.

¹³ Be ye stille a litil, that Y speke, what euer thing the mynde hath schewid to me.¹⁴ Whi to-rende Y my fleischis with my teeth, and bere my lijf in myn hondis?¹⁵ Yhe, thouy God sleeth me, Y schal hope in hym; netheles Y schal preue my weies in his siyt.¹⁶ And he schal be my sauyour; for whi ech ypocrite schal not come in his siyt.¹⁷ Here ye my word, and perseyue ye with eeris derke and harde figuratif spechis.¹⁸ Yf Y schal be demed, Y woot that Y schal be foundun iust.¹⁹ Who is he that is demed with me? Come he; whi am Y stille, and am wastid?²⁰ Do thou not to me twei thingis oneli; and thanne Y schal not be hid fro thi face.²¹ Make thin hond fer fro me; and thi drede make not me aferd.²² Clepe thou me, and Y schal answere thee; ethir certis Y schal speke, and thou schalt answere me.

²³ Hou grete synnes and wickidnessis haue Y? Schewe thou to me my felonyes, and trespassis.²⁴ Whi hidist thou thi face, and demest me thin enemy?²⁵ Thou schewist thi myyt ayens a leef, which is rauyschid with the wynd; and thou pursuest drye stobil.²⁶ For thou writist bitternessis ayens me; and wolt waste me with the synnes of my yong wexynge age.²⁷ Thou hast set my foot in a stok, and thou hast kept alle my pathis; and thou hast biholde the steppis of my feet.²⁸ And Y schal be wastid as rot, and as a cloth, which is etun of a mouyte.