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WYC JOB Chapter 29

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29 Also Joob addide, takynge his parable, and seide, 2 Who yyueth to me, that I be bisidis the elde monethis, bi the daies in whiche God kepte me? 3 Whanne his lanterne schynede on myn heed, and Y yede in derknessis at his liyt. 4 As Y was in the daies of my yongthe, whanne in priuete God was in my tabernacle. 5 Whanne Almyyti God was with me, and my children weren in my cumpas; 6 whanne Y waischide my feet in botere, and the stoon schedde out to me the stremes of oile; 7 whanne Y yede forth to the yate of the citee, and in the street thei maden redi a chaier to me. 8 Yonge men, `that is, wantoun, sien me, and weren hid, and elde men risynge vp stoden; 9 princes ceessiden to speke, and puttiden the fyngur on her mouth; 10 duykis refreyneden her vois, and her tunge cleuyde to her throte. 11 An eere herynge blesside me, and an iye seynge yeldide witnessyng to me; 12 for Y hadde delyueride a pore man criynge, and a fadirles child, that hadde noon helpere. 13 The blessyng of a man `to perische cam on me, and Y coumfortide the herte of a widewe. 14 Y was clothid with riytfulnesse; and Y clothide me as with a cloth, and with my `doom a diademe. 15 Y was iye `to a blynde man, and foot to a crokyd man. 16 Y was a fadir of pore men; and Y enqueride most diligentli the cause, which Y knew not. 17 Y al tobrak the grete teeth of the wickid man, and Y took awei prey fro hise teeth. 18 And Y seide, Y schal die in my nest; and as a palm tre Y schal multiplie daies. 19 My roote is openyde bisidis watris, and deew schal dwelle in my repyng. 20 My glorie schal euere be renulid, and my bouwe schal be astorid in myn hond. 21 Thei, that herden me, abiden my sentence; and thei weren ententif, and weren stille to my counsel. 22 Thei dursten no thing adde to my wordis; and my speche droppide on hem. 23 Thei abididen me as reyn; and thei openyden her mouth as to the softe reyn `comynge late. 24 If ony tyme Y leiyide to hem, thei bileueden not; and the liyt of my cheer felde not doun in to erthe. 25 If Y wolde go to hem, Y sat the firste; and whanne Y sat as kyng, while the oost stood aboute, netheles Y was comfortour of hem that morenyden.

JOB C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42