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¹ Forsothe the Lord answeride fro the whirlewynd to Joob,² and seide, Who is this man, wlappynge sentences with vnwise wordis?³ Girde thou as a man thi leendis; Y schal axe thee, and answere thou to me.

⁴ Where were thou, whanne Y settide the foundementis of erthe? schewe thou to me, if thou hast vndurstondyng.⁵ Who settide mesures therof, if thou knowist? ethir who stretchide forth a lyne theronne?⁶ On what thing ben the foundementis therof maad fast? ether who sente doun the corner stoon therof,⁷ whanne the morew sterris herieden me togidere, and alle the sones of God sungun ioyfuli?⁸ Who closide togidere the see with doris, whanne it brak out comynge forth as of the wombe?⁹ Whanne Y settide a cloude the hilyng therof, and Y wlappide it with derknesse, as with clothis of yong childhed.¹⁰ Y cumpasside it with my termes, and Y settide a barre, and doris;¹¹ and Y seide, `Til hidur thou schalt come, and thou schalt not go forth ferthere; and here thou schalt breke togidere thi bolnynge wawis.

¹² Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the morewtid his place?¹³ Whethir thou heldist schakynge togidere the laste partis of erthe, and schakedist awei wickid men therfro?¹⁴ A seeling schal be restorid as cley, and it schal stonde as a cloth.¹⁵ The liyt of wickid men schal be takun awey fro hem, and an hiy arm schal be brokun.¹⁶ Whethir thou entridist in to the depthe of the see, and walkidist in the laste partis of the occian?¹⁷ Whether the yatis of deeth ben openyd to thee, and `siest thou the derk doris?¹⁸ Whethir thou hast biholde the brede of erthe? Schewe thou to me, if thou knowist alle thingis,¹⁹ in what weie the liyt dwellith, and which is the place of derknesse;²⁰ that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows.²¹ Wistist thou thanne, that thou schuldist be borun, and knew thou the noumbre of thi daies?²² Whethir thou entridist in to the tresours of snow, ether biheldist thou the tresours of hail?²³ whiche thingis Y made redy in to the tyme of an enemy, in to the dai of fiytyng and of batel.²⁴ Bi what weie is the liyt spred abrood, heete is departid on erthe?

²⁵ Who yaf cours to the strongeste reyn,²⁶ and weie of the thundur sownynge? That it schulde reyne on the erthe with out man in desert, where noon of deedli men dwellith?²⁷ That it schulde fille a lond with out weie and desolat, and schulde brynge forth greene eerbis?²⁸ Who is fadir of reyn, ether who gendride the dropis of deew?²⁹ Of whos wombe yede out iys, and who gendride frost fro heuene?³⁰ Watris ben maad hard in the licnesse of stoon, and the ouer part of occian is streyned togidere.³¹ Whether thou schalt mowe ioyne togidere schynynge sterris Pliades, ethir thou schalt mowe distrie the cumpas of Arturis?³² Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is, dai sterre, in his tyme, and makist euene sterre to rise on the sones of erthe?³³ Whether thou knowist the ordre of heuene, and schalt sette the resoun therof in erthe?³⁴ Whethir thou schalt reise thi vois in to a cloude, and the fersnesse of watris schal hile thee?³⁵ Whethir thou schalt sende leitis, and tho schulen go, and tho schulen turne ayen, and schulen seie to thee, We ben present?³⁶ Who puttide wisdoom in the entrailis of man, ethir who yaf vndurstondyng to the cok?³⁷ Who schal telle out the resoun of heuenes, and who schal make acordyng of heuene to sleep?³⁸ Whanne dust was foundid in the erthe, and clottis weren ioyned togidere?³⁹ Whether thou schalt take prey to the lionesse, and schalt fille the soulis of hir whelpis,⁴⁰ whanne tho liggen in caues, and aspien in dennes?⁴¹ Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis?