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For whanne he grauntith pees, who is that condempneth? Sithen he hidith his cheer, who is that seeth hym? And on folkis and on alle men `he hath power `to do siche thingis.

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

Therfor Joob openith his mouth in veyn, and multiplieth wordis with out kunnyng.

He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.

Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.

Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.

If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,

and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,

He tellith of it to his freend, that it is his possessioun; and that he may stie to it.

Myn herte dredde of this thing, and is moued out of his place.

It schal here an heryng in the feerdfulnesse of his vois, and a sown comynge forth of his mouth.

He biholdith ouere alle heuenes; and his liyt is ouere the termes of erthe.

Sown schal rore aftir hym, he schal thundre with the vois of his greetnesse; and it schal not be souyt out, whanne his vois is herd.

God schal thundre in his vois wondurfulli, that makith grete thingis and that moun not be souyt out.

Which comaundith to the snow to come doun on erthe, and to the reynes of wijntir, and to the reynes of his strengthe.

An vnresonable beeste schal go in to his denne, and schal dwelle in his caue, `ethir derke place.

whether in o lynage, ethir in his lond, ether in what euer place of his merci he comaundith tho to be foundun.

Whethir aftir thi birthe thou comaundist to the bigynnyng of dai, and schewidist to the morewtid his place?

that thou lede ech thing to hise termes, and thou vndurstonde the weies of his hows.

Whether thou bryngist forth Lucifer, `that is, dai sterre, in his tyme, and makist euene sterre to rise on the sones of erthe?