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thy lippes with iubilation. ²²They that hate thee, shal be clothed with confusion: and the tabernacle of the impious shal not stand.

Chap. IX.

Iob approueth that no man auouching his owne iustice before God is iustified. 22. Teacheth that affliction of the innocent standeth wel with Gods iustice, wisdom, and powre.

ANd Iob answering, said: ²∷^[1] In deede I know it is so, & that man can not be iustified compared with God. ³If he wil contend with him, he can not answer him one for a thousand. ⁴He is wise of hart, and strong of force: who hath resisted him, & hath had peace? ⁵He that transported mountaynes, and they whom he subuerted in his furie, knew not. ⁶He that remoueth the earth out of her place, and the pillers therof are shaken. ⁷He that commandeth the sunne, & it riseth not: and shutteth vp the starres as it were vnder a seale: ⁸He that alone spreadeth the heauens, and goeth vpon the waues of the sea. ⁹He that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner partes of the soul. ¹⁰He that doth great thinges, and incomprehensible, and meruelous of the which there is no number. ¹¹If he come to me, I shal not see him: if he depart, I shal not vnderstand. ¹²If sodenly he aske, who shal answer him? or who can say: Why doest thou so? ¹³God whose wrath no man can resist, and vnder whom they stoope that ∷^[2] carie the world. ¹⁴How great am I then, that I may answer him, and speake in my wordes with him? ¹⁵Who although I haue anie iust thing, wil not answer, ∷^[3] but wil besech my iudge ¹⁶And when he shal heare me inuocating, I doe not beleue that he hath heard my voice. ¹⁷For in a hurlewinde shal he breake me, and shal multiplie my woundes yea without cause. ¹⁸He graunteth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitternesse. ¹⁹If strength be demaunded, he is most strong: if equitie of iudgement, not man dare geue testimonie for me. ²⁰If I wil iustifie my self, mine owne mouth shal condemne me. If I wil shew my self innocent, he shal proue me wicked. ²¹Although I shal be simple, the self same shal my soul be ignorant of, and I shal be wearie of my life. ²²∷^[4] One thing there is that I haue spoken, both the innocent and the impious he consumeth. ²³If he scourge, let him kil at once, and not laugh at the paynes

of inno-

1. Iob here granteth that which was truly laid by his aduersarie, & sheweth how he did wrong aplie true doctrin against him, and so stil defendeth his owne innocencie and iust quarel
2. Angeles moue the spheres of heauen.
3. Euen so S. Paul, though he was not guiltie in conscience of anie crime, yet he would not therin iustifie himself. I. Cor. 4.
4. This is an assured true assertion, that God afflicteth both good & euil in this life.