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Lo, thus is it wt him, that reioyseth in his owne doinges: and as for other, they growe out of the earth.

He translateth the moutaynes, or euer they be awarre, & ouerthroweth them in his wrath.

Yf he came by me, I might not loke vpo him: yf he wente his waye, I shulde not perceaue it.

Nether is there eny dayes man to reproue both the partes, or to laye his hode betwixte vs.

Let him take his rod awaye fro me, yee let him make me nomore afrayed of him,

O that God wolde speake, and open his lippes agaynst the,

that he might shewe the (out of his secrete wy?dome) how manyfolde his lawe is: then shuldest thou knowe, that God had forgotten the, because of thy synnes.

His length exceadeth the length of the earth, and his bredth ye bredth of the see.

Thus he that calleth vpo God, and whom God heareth, is mocked of his neghboure: the godly & innocent man is laughed to scorne.

The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperite, & they that maliciously medle agaynst God, dwel without care: yee God geueth all thinges richely with his honde.

Shall he not make you afrayed, when he sheweth himself? Shal not his terrible feare fall vpo you?

Lo, there is nether coforte ner hope for me, yf he wil slaye me. But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his sight,

The dayes of man are shorte, ye nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes, he can not go beyonde them.

Go from him, that he maye rest a litle: vntill his daye come, which he loketh for, like as an hyrelinge doth.

but when man slepeth, he ryseth not agayne, vntill the heauen perish: he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe.

Thou preuaylest agaynst him, so that he passeth awaye: thou chaungest his estate, and puttest him from the.

Whether his children come to worshipe or no, he can not tell: And yf they be men of lowe degre, he knoweth not.

Whyle he lyueth, his flesh must haue trauayle: and whyle the soule is in him, he must be in sorowe.

Shulde a wyse man geue soch an answere (as it were one that spake in the wynde) and fyll his stomacke with anger?

Beholde, he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse amoge his owne sanctes: yee the very heauens are vnclene in his sight.