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Nethir the siyt of man schal biholde me; but thin iyen ben in me, and Y schal not `be in deedli lijf.

Which also schal not answere, thouy Y haue ony thing iust; but Y schal biseche my iuge.

where is schadewe of deeth, and noon ordre, but euerlastynge hidousnesse dwellith.

But thou hast maad stidefast thin herte, and hast spred abrood thin hondis to hym.

But the iyen of wickid men schulen faile; and socour schal perische fro hem, and the hope of hem schal be abhominacyioun of soule.

But netheles Y schal speke to Almyyti God, and Y coueite to dispute with God;

But whanne a man is deed, and maad nakid, and wastid; Y preye, where is he?

Sotheli thou hast noumbrid my steppis; but spare thou my synnes.

Thou hast seelid as in a bagge my trespassis, but thou hast curid my wickidnesse.

Whether it is greet, that God coumforte thee? But thi schrewid wordis forbeden this.

But what schal Y do? If Y speke, my sorewe restith not; and if Y am stille, it goith not awei fro me.

But now my sorewe hath oppressid me, and alle my lymes ben dryuun in to nouyt.

But he knowith my weie, and he schal preue me as gold, that passith thorouy fier.

Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.

sotheli he made redi, but a iust man schal be clothid in tho, and an innocent man schal departe the siluer.

But where is wisdom foundun, and which is the place of vndurstondyng?

But now yongere men in tyme scornen me, whos fadris Y deynede not to sette with the doggis of my flok.

But now Y am turned in to the song of hem, and Y am maad a prouerbe to hem.

But now my soule fadith in my silf, and daies of turment holden me stidfastly.

Sotheli Helyu hadde indignacioun ayens the thre frendis of hym, for thei hadden not founde resonable answere, but oneli hadde condempned Joob.