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Thei schulen cry for the multitude of fals chalengeris, and thei schulen weile for the violence of the arm of tirauntis.

There thei schulen crye, and God schal not here, for the pride of yuele men.

For God schal not here with out cause, and Almyyti God schal biholde the causis of ech man.

For now he bryngith not in his strong veniaunce, nether vengith `greetli felonye.

Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.

For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.

he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.

Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.

Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.

the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.

Schewe thou to vs, what we schulen seie to hym; for we ben wlappid in derknessis.

For we moun not fynde him worthili; he is greet in strengthe, and in doom, and in riytfulnesse, and may not be teld out.

Who makith redi for the crowe his mete, whanne hise briddis crien to God, and wandren aboute, for tho han not meetis?

Whether thou schalt bynde the vnicorn with thi chayne, for to ere, ethir schal he breke the clottis of valeis aftir thee?

For God hath priued hym fro wisdom, and `yaf not vnderstondyng to hym.

Whether he, that stryueth with God, schal haue rest so liytli? Sotheli he, that repreueth God, owith for to answere to hym.

I not as cruel schal reise hym; for who may ayenstonde my face?

Y schal not spare hym for myyti wordis, and maad faire to biseche.

For he schal arette irun as chaffis, and bras as rotun tre.

Forsothe aftir that the Lord spak these wordis to Joob, he seide to Eliphat Themanytes, My stronge veniaunce is wrooth ayens thee, and ayens thi twey frendis [Note: God seith not ayenus Helyu, ether ayenus Joob; for whi to do synne bi presumpcioun, ether bi vnwar speking, as Helyu and Joob diden, is not so greuouse synne as to do synne bi afermyng of falsnesse, which bifelde to these thre men. for he synnede liytly, and dide penaunce therfor perfitly. ]; for ye `spaken not bifor me riytful thing, as my seruaunt Joob dide.