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¹ Aftir these thingis Joob openyde his mouth,² and curside his dai, and seide, Perische the dai in which Y was borun,³ and the nyyt in which it was seid, The man is conceyued.⁴ Thilke dai be turnede in to derknessis; God seke not it aboue, and be it not in mynde, nethir be it liytned with liyt.⁵ Derknessis make it derk, and the schadewe of deeth and myist occupie it; and be it wlappid with bittirnesse.⁶ Derk whirlwynde holde that niyt; be it not rikynyd among the daies of the yeer, nethir be it noumbrid among the monethes.⁷ Thilke nyyt be soleyn, and not worthi of preisyng.⁸ Curse thei it, that cursen the dai, that ben redi to reise Leuyathan.⁹ Sterris be maad derk with the derknesse therof; abide it liyt, and se it not, nethir the bigynnyng of the morwetid risyng vp.¹⁰ For it closide not the doris of the wombe, that bar me, nethir took awei yuels fro min iyen.

¹¹ Whi was not Y deed in the wombe? whi yede Y out of the wombe, and perischide not anoon?¹² Whi was Y takun on knees? whi was Y suclid with teetis?¹³ For now Y slepynge schulde be stille, and schulde reste in my sleep,¹⁴ with kyngis, and consuls of erthe, that bilden to hem soleyn places;¹⁵ ethir with prynces that han gold in possessioun, and fillen her housis with siluer;¹⁶ ethir as a `thing hid not borun Y schulde not stonde, ethir whiche conseyued sien not liyt.¹⁷ There wickid men ceessiden of noise, and there men maad wery of strengthe restiden.¹⁸ And sum tyme boundun togidere with out disese thei herden not the voys of the wrongful axere.¹⁹ A litil man and greet man be there, and a seruaunt free fro his lord.

²⁰ Whi is liyt youun to the wretche, and lijf to hem that ben in bitternesse of soule?²¹ Whiche abiden deeth, and it cometh not;²² as men diggynge out tresour and ioien greetly, whanne thei han founde a sepulcre?²³ Whi is liyt youun to a man, whos weie is hid, and God hath cumpassid hym with derknessis?²⁴ Bifore that Y ete, Y siyhe; and as of watir flowynge, so is my roryng.²⁵ For the drede, which Y dredde, cam to me; and that, that Y schamede, bifelde.²⁶ Whether Y dissymilide not? whether Y was not stille? whether Y restide not? and indignacioun cometh on me.