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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, wisdome, and power.

 

AND Iob answering, said: ^{2 [1]} Indeed I know it is so, and that man is not 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, and 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, and it riseth not: and shutteth vp the starres as it were vnder a seale: ⁸He that alone spreadeth the heauen, & goeth vpon the waues of the sea. ⁹He that maketh Arcturus, and Orion, and Hyades, and the inner parts of the soul. ¹⁰He that doth great things, and incomprehensible, and merueilous 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 sodently 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 stoop that ^[2] carie the world. ¹⁴How great am I then, that I may answer him, and speake in my words with him? ¹⁵Who although I haue anie iust thing, wil not answer, ^[3] but wil beseech my iudge. ¹⁶And when he shal heare me inuocating, I doe not belieue that he hath heard my voice. ¹⁷For in a hurlewind shal he breake me, and shal multiplie my wounds yea without cause. ¹⁸He granteth not my spirit to rest, and he filleth me with bitternesse. ¹⁹If strength be demanded, he is most strong: if equitie of iudgement, no man dare giue 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 innocents. ²⁴This earth is giuen into the hands of the impious, he couereth the face of the iudges therof: and if it be not he, who is it then? ²⁵My dayes haue been swifter then a poste: they haue fled and haue not seen good. ²⁶They haue passed by as ships carying fruits, as an eagle flying to meat. ²⁷When I shal say: I wil not speake so, I change my face, & am tormented with sorow. ²⁸I ^[5] feared al my works, knowing that thou

1. Iob here granteth that which was truly laid by his aduersarie, and sheweth how he did wrong aplie true doctrine against him, and so stil defendeth his owne innocencie and iust quarel.
2. Angels moue the spheres of heauen.
3. Euen so S. Paul, though he was not guiltie in conscience of any 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.
5. Feare on mans part, and hope in God, do wel consist together. So both presumption and desperation are auoided.