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So the poore hath hope, and iniquitie stoppeth her mouth.

Loe this, wee haue searched it, so it is; heare it, and know thou it for thy good.

So am I made to possesse moneths of vanitie, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather then my life.

I haue sinned, what shall I doe vnto thee, O thou preseruer of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe?

So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrites hope shall perish:

I know it is so of a trueth: but howe should man be iust with God.

If I wash my selfe with snow water, and make my handes neuer so cleane:

Then would I speake, and not feare him; but it is not so with me.

Is it good that hee should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, doe ye so mocke him?

So man lyeth downe, and riseth not, till the heauens be no more, they shall not awake; nor bee raised out of their sleepe.

As for mee, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

Drought and heate consume the snow waters: so doeth the graue those which haue sinned.

And if it be not so now, who will make mee a liar, and make my speach nothing worth?

My righteousnesse I hold fast, and will not let it goe: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I liue.

So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he was righteous in his owne eyes.

For I know not to giue flattering titles: in so doing my maker would soone take me away.

So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soule daintie meate.