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

What bolneth thi spirit ayens God, that thou brynge forth of thi mouth siche wordis?

For he helde forth his hond ayens God, and he was maad strong ayens Almyyti God.

He ran with neck reisid ayens God, and he was armed with fat nol.

God hath closid me togidere at the wickid, and hath youe me to the hondis of wickid men.

Y suffride these thingis with out wickidnesse of myn hond, `that is, werk, whanne Y hadde cleene preieris to God.

A! my frendis, ful of wordis, myn iye droppith to God.

And `Y wolde, that a man were demed so with God, as the sone of man is demed with his felowe.

Therfor these ben the tabernaclis of a wickid man; and this is the place of hym, that knowith not God.

Nameli now vndurstonde ye, that God hath turmentid me not bi euene doom, and hath cumpassid me with hise betyngis.

Whi pursuen ye me, as God pursueth; and ben fillid with my fleischis?

and eft Y schal be cumpassid with my skyn, and in my fleisch Y schal se God, my sauyour.

He schal spue out the richessis, whiche he deuouride; and God schal drawe tho ritchessis out of his wombe.

This is the part of a wickid man, `which part is youun of God, and the eritage of hise wordis of the Lord.

Her housis ben sikur, and pesible; and the yerde of God is not on hem.

Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us; we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies.

Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him?

Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal departe the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce?

God schal kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones; and whanne he hath yoldun, thanne he schal wite.

Hise iyen schulen se her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyyti God.