crushed in the gate, neither 15 But he faveth the poor is there any to deliver them. 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their fubftance. from the fword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity ftoppeth her mouth. 6 Although affliction 17 Behold, happy is cometh not forth of the duft, neither doth trouble fpring out of the ground: 7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 8 I would feek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause : 9 Which doeth great things, and unfearchable; marvellous things without number: 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and fendeth waters upon the fields: II To fet up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to fafety. 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, fo that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wife in their own craftiness and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong, 14 They meet with darknefs in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night. the man whom God correcteth: therefore defpife not thou the chaftening of the Almighty; 18 For he maketh fore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 19 He fhall deliver thee in fix troubles : yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death; and in war from the power of the fword. 1 21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither fhalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At deftruction and famine thou fhalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beafts of the earth, 23 For thou shalt be in league with the ftones of the field: and the beafts of the field fhall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou fhalt know that thy tabernacle fhall be in peace and thou fhalt vifit thy thy habitation, and shalt not fin. 25 Thou shalt know alfo that thy feed fhall be great, and thine offspring as the grafs of the earth. 26 Thou fhalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a fhock of corn cometh in in his season. 27 Lo this, we have fearched it, fo it is, hear it, and know thou it for thy good. CHAP. VI. UT Job answered and B faid, 2 Oh, that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the fand of the fea therefore my words are fwallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poifon whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do fet themfelves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grafs? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 4 6 Can that which is unfavoury be eaten without falt? or is there any tafte in the white of an egg ? 7 The things that my foul refused to touch are as my forrowful meat. 8 O that I might have my requeft! and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! 9 Even that it would please God to deftroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! 10 Then fhould I yet have comfort, yea, I would harden myself in forrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. II What is my strength, that I fhould hope? and what is mine end, that I fhould prolong my life? 12 Is my ftrength the ftrength of ftones? or is my flesh of brafs? 13 Is not my help in me? and is wifdom driven quite from me? 14 To him that is afflicted pity fhould be fhewed from his friend; but he forfaketh the fear of the Almighty. 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pafs away; 16 Which are blackish by reafon of the ice, and wherein the fnow is hid: 17 What time they wax R 4 warm, warm, they vanish: when it 29 Return, I pray you, let is hot, they are confumed out of their place. 18 The paths of their way are turned afide: they go to nothing, and perish. 19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my tafte difcern perverse things? CHAP. VII. 20 They were confound-S there not an appointed ed, because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. 21 For now ye are nothing; ye fee my cafting down, and are afraid. 22 Did I fay, Bring unto me? or give a reward for your fubftance? me of 23 Or deliver me from the enemy's hand? or redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. 25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing prove? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the fpeeches of one that is defperate, which are as wind? 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherlefs, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you, if I lye. time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? 2 As a fervant earnestly defireth the fhadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: 3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearifome nights are appointed to me. 4 When I lie down, I fay, When fhall I arife, and the night be gone? and I am full of toffings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of duft; my skin is broken, and become loathfome. 6 My days are fwifter than a weaver's fhuttle, and are spent without hope. 7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye fhall no more fee good. 8 The eye of him that hath feen me, fhall fee me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. 9 As the cloud is confumed, and vanisheth away: fo he that goeth down to the grave fhall come up no more. 10 He fhall return no more to his house, neither fhall his place know him any more. II Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will fpeak in the anguifh of my fpirit: I will complain in the bitterness of my foul. 12 ¶ Am I a fea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? 13 When I fay, My bed fhall comfort me, my couch fhall ease my complaint: 14 Then thou fcareft me with dreams, and terrifieft me through vifions : 2 How long wilt thou fpeak these things? and how long fhall the words of thy mouth be like a ftrong wind? 3 Doth God pervert judg 15 So that my foul choof-ment? or doth the Almighty eth ftrangling, and death ra- pervert juftice? ther than life. 16 I loath it: I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou fhouldeft fet thine heart upon him? 18 And that thou fhouldeft vifit him every morning, and try him every moment? 19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 4 If thy children have finned against him, and he hath caft them away for their tranfgreffion; 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy fupplications to the Almighty; 6 If thou wert pure and upright; furely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteoufnefs profperous. 7 Though thy beginning was fmall, yet thy latter end 20 I have finned, what should greatly increase. 8 ¶ For 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 For we are but of yelterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a fhadow. 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? II Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilft it is yet in his greennefs, and not cut down, it withereth before other any herb. : 13 So are the paths of all truth but how fhall man that forget God, and the hy-be juft with God? pocrite's hope fhall perish: 14 Whole hope fhall be cut off, and whofe truft fhall be a spider's web. 15 He fhall lean upon his houfe, but it shall not ftand: he fhall hold it faft, but it fhall not endure. 16 He is green before the fun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and he feeth the place of ftones. 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, faying, I have not feen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the 3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. 4 He is wife in heart, and mighty in ftrength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prof pered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. 7 Which commandeth the fun, and it rifeth not; and fealeth up the ftars. 8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon |