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The .xxvi. Chapter.

1 Iob sheweth that man can not helpe God, and proueth it by his miracles.

1 IOb aunswered, and sayde:

2 (a) 1.1Whō hast thou hel∣ped? Him that is with∣out strength? sauest thou the arme that hath no strength?

3 Where is the counsayle that thou shoul∣dest geue him which hath no wisdome? Hast thou shewed the way of right ly∣uing?

4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes? who made the breath to come out of thy mouth?

5 * 1.2Are not dead thinges shapen vn∣der the waters, and thinges by the wa∣ters side?

6 (c) 1.3He is naked before him, and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight.

7 He stretcheth out the noorth ouer the emptie place, and * 1.4hangeth the earth vpon nothing.

8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes, & the cloude is not broken vnder them.

9 e 1.5He holdeth backe the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloude before it.

10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes, (f) 1.6 vntill the day and night come to an ende.

11 The * 1.7 very pillers of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe.

12 He stilleth the sea with his power, and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof.

13 His spirite hath h 1.8 garnished the hea∣uens, & his hand hath made (i) 1.9 the croo∣ked serpent.

14 Lo, this is now a * 1.10 short summe of his wayes: but howe litle a portion heare we of hym? who can vnderstande the thunder of his power?

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  Here Iob reprehendeth Bildad, for y^t he speaketh not inough to gods prayse to no needeth for mans wordes, nei∣ther cōforteth him beyng voyde of com∣fort.
• * 1.2

  That is, such thinges are in the wa∣ters without lyfe, as met∣tals and such lyke, wherin is ex∣pressed gods great power
• (c) 1.3

  That is, it is open and most plaine in his sight, for he seeth all thinges.
• * 1.4

  The most excellent and mightie power of god.
• e 1.5

  His throne of m••iestie, which are the heauens he couereth from vs.
• (f) 1.6

  That is▪ so long as the worlde endu∣reth
• * 1.7

  Not that heauen hath pillers▪ but by the pillers he vnderstan∣deth al things vnder heauen.
• h 1.8

  That is, the winde bre••kyng the cloudes, the heauens are cleare.
• (i) 1.9

  That is, a circle in heauē winding round like a serpent, called Iacteus circulus.
• * 1.10

  For though these fewe thinges or his power be wonderful, yet they are nothing in comparison of the rest of his works, which mas capacitie can not reach to.