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At this also my heart is astonied, and moued out of his place.

Heare then the sounde of his voyce, & the noyse that goeth out of his mouth.

He directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his light vnto the endes of the worlde.

A roring voyce foloweth it: for his glorious maiestie geueth a thuder clappe, & he will not stay whe his voyce is heard.

God thundreth marueylously with his voyce, great thinges doth he which we can not comprehend.

He commaundeth the snow, and it falleth vpon earth: he geueth the rayne a charge, and the showres haue their strength and fall downe.

With the force of the rayne he shutteth men vp, that all men may knowe his workes.

The beastes creepe into their dennes, and remaine in their places.

Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out from the north winde.

At the breath of God the hoare frost is geuen, and the brode waters are frosen.

He maketh the cloudes to labour in geuing moystnesse, and againe with his light he dryueth away the cloude.

He turneth the heauens about by his gouernement, that they may do whatsoeuer he commaundeth them vpon the whole worlde.

Whether it be for punishment, or for his lande, or to do good to them that seeke him.

Hearken vnto this O Iob, stand still, and consider the wonderous workes of God.

Didst thou know when God disposed them? & caused the light of his cloudes to shine?

Hast thou knowen the varietie of the cloudes, and the wonderous workes of him which is perfect in knowledge?

And how thy clothes are warme, when the lande is stil through the south winde?

Hast thou helped him to spreade out the heauens which are strong and bright as a loking glasse?

Teache vs what we shall saye vnto him: for we are vnmeete to frame our talke because of darkenesse.

Shall it be tolde him what I saye? Shall man speake when he shalbe destroyed?

For men see not the light that shineth in the cloudes: but the winde passeth and cleanseth them.

The faire weather commeth out of the north, the prayse thereof is to God who is terrible.

It is the almightie, we can not finde him out: he is excellent in power and iudgement, and aboundaunt in iustice: he afflicteth not.

Let men therefore feare him: for there shall no man see him that is wyse in his owne conceit.

Then aunswered the Lorde vnto Iob out of the whirle winde, and saide:

What is he that darkeneth his counsaile by wordes without knowledge?

Girde vp thy loynes lyke a man: for I wyl question with thee, see thou geue me a direct aunswere.

Where wast thou when I layed the foundations of the earth? Tell playnely, if thou hast vnderstanding.

Who hath measured it, knowest thou? or who hath spread the lyne vpon it?

Whereupon are the foundations set? or who layed the corner stone thereof?

Where wast thou when the morning starres praysed me together, and all the children of God reioyced triumphantly?

Who shut the sea with doores, when it brake foorth as out of the wombe?

When I made the cloudes [to be] a covering for it, and swadled it with the darke:

When I gaue it my commaundement, making doores and barres for it,

Saying, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues.

Hast thou geue the morning his charge since thy dayes, and shewed the day spring his place,

That it might take holde of the corners of the earth, and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it.

They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale, and all stand vp as a garment.

The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light, and the arme of the proude shalbe broken.

Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea, or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe?

Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee? or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death?

Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is? If thou hast knowledge of all this:

Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth, & where is the place of darkenesse?

That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof, and know the pathes to their houses.

Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be?

Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow, or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle,

Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble, against the time of battaile and warre?

By what way is the light parted? and into what land breaketh the east winde?

Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels? or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder,

To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is, and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth?

To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde, and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth.

Who is the father of the rayne? or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe?

Out of whose wombe came the yce? Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre?

That the waters are hidde as [with] a stone, and lye congealed aboue the deepe.

Wylt thou hinder the sweete influences of the seuen starres? or loose the bandes of Orion?

Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time? canst thou also guide Arctutus with his sonnes?

Knowest thou the course of heauen, that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth?

Moreouer, canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes, that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee?

Canst thou send the lightninges also, that they may go their way, and be obedient vnto thee, saying, Lo here are we?

Who hath put wysdome in the reynes? or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding?

Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome? who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen?

To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse, & the clots to cleaue fast together?

Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion? or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes,

When they couche in their places, and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte?

Who prouideth meate for the rauen, when his young ones crye vnto God, and flee about for lacke of meate?