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[verse 1] Tymes ben not hid fro Almyȝti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies [hise daies; that is, com|prehenden not the maner of his euerlast|ingenesse. Lire here. C.] . [verse 2] Othere men turneden [han turned IS.] ouer the termes of neiȝboris eritage [Om. IS.] , thei token [han take IS.]
awei [Om. S.] flockis [her flockis IS.] , and fedden tho [hem self IS.] . [verse 3] Thei driueden [han drijue IS.] awei the asse of fadirlesse chil|dren, and [and thei IS.] token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed. [verse 4] Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe. [verse 5] Othere men as wielde assis in deseert goon out to her werk; and thei waken to prey, and bifor maken [thei maken IS.] redy breed to her children. [verse 6] Thei kitten doun a feeld [thei kitten doun a feeld, etc.; that is, gaderen bi violence to hem silf othere mennus corn. Lire here. C.] not hern [heres S.] , and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence. [verse 7] Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the [her IS.] clothis, to whiche [the whiche I.] men is [ther is I.] noon [no IS.] hiling in coold; [verse 8] whiche [the whiche I.] men the [Om. I.] reynes [reyn S.] of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon [no IS.] hilyng, and [and thei IS.] biclippen [biclippiden S.] stoonys [biclippen stoonys; in puttinge hem silf with ynne cauys. Lire here. C.] . [verse 9] Thei diden violence, and [and thei I.] robbiden fadirles and modirles chil|dren; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden [Om. ILS.] , the comynte of pore men. [verse 10] Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men. [verse 11] Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho [thilke I.] men, that thirsten, whanne the presses [presses of grapis IS.] ben trodun. [verse 12] Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it [Om. IS.] not to [that cry to IS.] go awei vnpun|yschid. [verse 13] Thei weren rebel to liȝt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden aȝen bi the pathis therof. [verse 14] A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man [Om. S.] , and a pore man; sotheli [and IS.] bi nyȝt he schal be as a nyȝt theef. [verse 15] The iȝe of avouter kepith derknesse, and [and he IS.] seith, An yȝe schal not se me; and he schal hile his face. [verse 16] Thei [They; that is, avouter and avouteresse. Lire here. C] mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liȝt. [verse 17] If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demen [demen it IS.] the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liȝt. [verse 18] He [He this I. He that thus doth S.] is vn|stablere
[he is vnsta|blere, etc.; that is, the avouter sueth the fers|nesse of his lust, as the hiȝere part of the water sueth the stiring of ech wind. Lire here. C.] than the face of the [Om. IS.] water; his part in erthe be cursid [acursid IS.] , and go he not bi the weie of vyneris. [verse 19] Passe he to [to a I.] ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym [hym passe I. hym be it S.] `til to [un to I. in to S.] hellis. [verse 20] Merci forȝete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in [in hooly IS.] mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful [an unfruytful tre IS.] . [verse 21] For he fedde the bareyn [the bareyn; that is, he wastide hise goodis in veyn and vn|fruytful werkis. Lire here. C.] , and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe. [verse 22] He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state [prosperitee IS.] , he schal not bileue to his lijf. [verse 23] God ȝaf to hym place [heere a place IS.] of penaunce, and he mysusith that in to pride; for [sothly IS.] the iȝen of God ben [ben biholdinge S.] in the weies of that man. [verse 24] Thei [Thei that ben suich men S.] ben reisid at [up at IS.] a litil [litil while I.] , and thei schulen not stonde; and thei schulen be maad low as alle [alle vile IS.] thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hyȝnessis [hiȝnesse IS.] of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun. [verse 25] That if it is not so [if it is not so, as Y seide, that is, that my turment passith my synnes, and that Goddis puruyaunce strecchith forth it silf to alle thingis, and dilayith sum tyme the pun|ysching of synnes in pre|sent tyme, and reserueth hem to the peyne of helle, bi the ordre of his wisdom. and putte my wordis bi for God; as brouȝt forth with out reue|rence, ether with blasfemye; as if he seie, Noon of ȝou may do this. Lire here. C.] , who may repreue [who may re|preue, etc.; Eliphat con|cludide not aȝenus Joob, for Joob affermede not him silf iust bi al maner, nether in com|parisoun to God, but onely that he hadde not so grete synnes, hou grete turment was ȝouun to him of God; but rathere that he schulde be rewardid of God by the ordre of his wisdom in tyme to comynge, for the merit of his pacience; and so Baldath seide soth to hise owne boost, and not to the purpos aȝenus Joob. Lire here. C.] me, that Y liede, and putte [haue putt forth I. haue put S.] my [folily my IS.] wordis bifor [aȝens my S.] God?