advantage will it be unto | Almighty regard it. 4 I will anfwer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and fee, and behold the clouds, which are higher than thou, 14 Although thou fayest thou fhalt not fee him, yet judgment is before him, therefore truft thou in him. 15 But, now because it is not fo, he hath visited in his anger, yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: 16 Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain: he 6 If thou finneft, what doeft thou against him? or multiplieth words without if thy tranfgreffions be mul-knowledge. tiplied, what doest thou unto him? 7 E If thou be righteous, what giveft thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? 8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the fon of man. CHAP. XXXVI. LIHU alfo proceeded, and faid, 2 Suffer me a little, and ' I will fhew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. 3 I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will 9 By reafon of the multi-afcribe righteousness to my tude of oppreffions, they make Maker. the oppreffed to cry: they cry out by reafon of the arm of the mighty. 10 But none faith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth fongs in the night? II Who teacheth us more than the beafts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven. 12 There they cry (but none giveth answer) because of the pride of evil men. 13 Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the 4 For truly my words shall not be falfe: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee, 5 Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wifdom. 6 He preferveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous; but with kings are they on the throne: yea, he doth establish them them for ever, and they are exalted. 8. And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction : judgment and juftice take hold on thee. 18 Because there is wrath, beware left he take thee away with his ftroke: then a great ranfom cannot deliver thee. 19 Will he esteem thy 9 Then he fheweth them their work; and their tranfgreffions that they have ex-riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. ceeded. 10 He openeth also their 20 Defire not the night, ear to discipline, and com-when people are cut off in mandeth that they return their place. from iniquity. 11 If they obey, and ferve him, they fhall fpend their days in profperity, and their years in pleasures. 12 But if they obey not, they fhall perish by the fword, and they fhall die without knowledge. 21 Take heed, regard not iniquity; for this haft thou chofen rather than affliction. 22 Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? 23 Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can fay, Thou haft wrought ini 13 But the hypocrites inquity? heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. 14 They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. 15 He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppreffion. 16 Even fo would he have removed thee out of the ftrait into a broad place where there is no ftraitnefs, and that which fhould be fet on thy table should be full of fatnefs. 17 But thou haft fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: 24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. 25 Every man may fee it; man may behold it afar off. 26 Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be fearched out. 27 For he maketh fmall the drops of water they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: 28 Which the clouds do drop, and diftil upon man abundantly. 29 Alfo can any under ftand ftand the fpreading of the clouds, or the noife of his tabernacle ? 30 Behold he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the fea. 31 For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. 6 For he faith to the fnow, Be thou on the earth; likewife to the small rain, and to the great rain of his ftrength. 7 He fealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. 8 Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their 32 With clouds he co-places. vereth the light: and commandeth it not to fhine, by the cloud that cometh betwixt. 9 Out of the fouth cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. 10 By the breath of God 33 The noise thereof fhew-froft is given; and the breadth eth concerning it, the cattle of the water is ftraitened. also concerning the vapour. II Alfo by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he fcattereth his bright cloud: And it out of his place. 2 Hear attentively the noife of his voice, and the found that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvelloufly with his voice: great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. 13 He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. 14 Hearken unto this, O Job: ftand ftill, and confider the wondrous works of God. 15 Doft thou know when God difpofeth them, and causeth the light of his cloud to fhine? 16 Doft thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? up. 21 And now men fee not the bright light which is in the clouds but the wind paffeth, and cleanseth them. 22 Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majefty. 23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: be is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of juftice: he will not afflict. 24 Men do therefore fear him he refpecteth not any that are wife of heart. CHAP. XXXVIII. mand of thee, and answer thou me. 4 Where waft thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou haft understanding. 5 Who hath laid the meafures thereof, if thou knoweft? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof faftened? or who laid the corner-stone thereof? 7 When the morningftars fang together, and all the fons of God fhouted for joy? 8 Or who fhut up the fea with doors, when it brake forth as if it had iffued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and fet bars and doors, II And faid, Hitherto fhalt thou come, but no further and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? : 12 Haft thou commanded the morning fince thy days;. and caused the day-spring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be fhaken fhaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the feal, and they ftand as a garment. 15 And from the wicked their light is with-holden, and the high arm fhall be broken. 16 Haft thou entered into the springs of the fea? or haft thou walked in the fearch of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or haft thou seen the doors of the fhadow of death? 18 Haft thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare, if thou knoweft it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 20 That thou shouldeff take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 21 Knoweft thou it because thou waft then born? or because the number of thy days is great? 22 Haft thou entered into the treasures of the fnow? or haft thou feen the treafures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, againft the day of battle and war 24 By what way is the light parted, which fcattereth the east wind upon the earth? 25 Who hath divided a water-course for the overflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is: on the wilderness wherein there is no man ; 27 To fatisfy the desolate and wafte ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of the dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary froft of heaven who hath gendered it? 30 The waters are hid as with a flone: and the face of the deep is frozen. 31 Canft thou bind the fweet influences of Pleiades, or loofe the bands of Orion? 32 Canft thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his feafon? or canft thou guide Arcturus with his fons? .33 Knoweft thou the ordinances of heaven? canft thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? 34 Canft thou lift up thy |