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¶The .xiiii. Chapter.

1 Iob describeth the shortnes and miserie of the lyfe of man. 14 Hope sustaineth the godly. 22 The condition of mans lyfe.

1 MAn that is (a) 1.1 borne of woman, hath but a short time to lyue, and is full of miserie.

2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe * 1.2 like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.

3 Doest thou (c) 1.3 open thyne eyes vpon such one, and bringest me into thy iudge∣ment?

4 Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye.

5 * 1.4The dayes of man surely are ••ece••••••¦ned, the number of his monethes are knowen onely vnto thee, thou hast appoynted him his bondes which ••e can not go beyonde.

6 Go from him, that he may rest vntill his day come which he loketh for, lyke as an hireling doth.

7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is (d) 1.5 some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

10 (e) 1.6But as for man, when he is dead, peri∣shed, and consumed away, what becom∣meth of him?

11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp:

12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.

13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the graue, & keepe me secret vntyl thy wrath were past, and to appoynt me a time wherein thou mightest remember me.

14 May a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man lyue againe▪ All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still, till my chaunging shall come.

15 Thou shalt * 1.7 call [me] and I shall aunswere thee, * 1.8 despise not thou the worke of thyne owne handes.

16 For now thou g 1.9 numbrest all my go∣inges, and geuest no delay vnto my sinne.

17 Myne iniquitie is sealed vp as it were in a bagge, and thou addest [punishement] vnto my wickednesse.

18 The mountaines fal away at the last, the rockes are remoued out of their place.

19 The waters pearse through the very stones by litle & litle, the floodes washe away the grauell and earth: so shalt thou destroy the hope of man.

20 Thou preuaylest still against him, so that he passeth away: thou chaungest his “ 1.10 estate and puttest him from thee.

21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.

22 But while his fleshe is vpon him it must haue sorowe: and his soule shall mourne within him.

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  Here Iob ••r••beth the miserie of man.
• * 1.2

  This ex∣presseth mans s••ortnes of lyfe and the 〈…〉〈…〉 be••ng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to a 〈…〉〈…〉 to the grasse in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• (c) 1.3

  Meaning that seing man is so fra••e, he should not handle him so extremely
• * 1.4

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• (d) 1.5

  He shew∣eth mans mi¦serie the more in that he ma∣keth it in worse state then the tree cut downe, whereof there is some hope that he wyll spring againe: but man once dead retur∣neth no more.
• (e) 1.6

  Iob saith not this as hauing no hope of im¦mor••••••itie but as ••he ••ore tormented
• * 1.7

  〈…〉〈…〉 th•••• for thou art mercifull.
• * 1.8

  Or th•• shalt loue.
• g 1.9

  That is 〈…〉〈…〉
• “ 1.10

  Or fac••.