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Whether God supplauntith, `ethir disseyueth, doom, and whether Almyyti God distrieth that, that is iust?

netheles, if thou risist eerli to God, and bisechist `Almyyti God, if thou goist clene and riytful,

So the weies of alle men, that foryeten God; and the hope of an ypocrite schal perische.

Forsothe God schal not caste a wei a symple man, nethir schal dresse hond to wickid men;

and that a man comparisound to God schal not be maad iust.

If he wole stryue with God, he may not answere to God oon for a thousynde.

`God is he, whos wraththe no man may withstonde; and vndur whom thei ben bowid, that beren the world.

Y schal seie to God, Nyle thou condempne me; schewe thou to me, whi thou demest me so.

And `Y wolde, that God spak with thee, and openyde hise lippis to thee;

In hap thou schalt comprehende the steppis of God, and thou schalt fynde Almyyti God `til to perfeccioun.

He that is scorned of his frend, as Y am, schal inwardli clepe God, and God schal here hym; for the symplenesse of a iust man is scorned.

The tabernaclis of robberis ben plenteuouse, `ether ful of goodis; and boldli thei terren God to wraththe, whanne he hath youe alle thingis in to her hondis.

Wisdom and strengthe is at God; he hath counsel and vndurstondyng.

Strengthe and wisdom is at God; he knowith bothe hym that disseyueth and hym that is disseyued.

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

Whether God hath nede to youre leesyng, that ye speke gilis for hym?

Whether ye taken his face, and enforsen to deme for God?

Yhe, thouy God sleeth me, Y schal hope in hym; netheles Y schal preue my weies in his siyt.

As myche as is in thee, thou hast avoidid drede; and thou hast take awey preyeris bifor God.

Whether thou herdist the counsel of God, and his wisdom is lower than thou?