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¹ Therfor Helyu spak eft these thingis, Whethir thi thouyt semeth euene,² `ether riytful, to thee, that thou schuldist seie, Y am riytfulere than God?<sup>3</sup> For thou seidist, That, that is good, plesith not thee; ethir what profitith it to thee, if Y do synne?<sup>4</sup> Therfor Y schal answere to thi wordis, and to thi frendis with thee.<sup>5</sup> Se thou, and biholde heuene, and biholde thou the eir, that God is hiyere than thou.<sup>6</sup> If thou synnest `ayens hym, what schalt thou anoye hym? and if thi wickidnessis ben multiplied, what schalt thou do ayens hym?⁷ Certis if thou doist iustli, what schalt thou yyue to hym; ether what schal he take of thin hond?⁸ Thi wickidnesse schal anoie a man, which is lijk thee; and thi riytfulnesse schal helpe the sone of a man.

⁹ Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.¹⁰ And Joob seide not, Where is God, that made me, and that yaf songis in the nyyt?¹¹ Which God techith vs aboue the beestis of erthe, and he schal teche vs aboue the briddis of heuene.¹² There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.¹³ For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.

¹⁴ Yhe, whanne thou seist, He biholdith not; be thou demed bifor hym, and abide thou hym.¹⁵ For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.¹⁶ Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.