Then aunswered Sophar the Naamathite, and sayde;

Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered? Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin?

Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace, and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed?

For thou hast sayde, my doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thyne eyes.

But O that God woulde speake, and open his lippes against thee:

That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome, howe thou hast deserued double according to right: Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie.

Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God? Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie?

It is hier then heauen, what art thou able to do? deeper then the hel, how wilt thou then knowe it?

The measure of it is longer then the earth, and broder then the sea.

Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe, close them in, gather them together, who will turne hym from his purpose?

For it is he that knoweth vayne men, he seeth their wickednesse also, shoulde he not then consider it?

Yet vayne man would be wyse, though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte.

If thou preparedst thyne heart, and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym:

If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande, so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house:

Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame, & then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare.

Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie, and thinke no more vpon it, then vpon the waters that runne by.

Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day, thou shouldest shine forth, and be as the morning.

Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope, and take thy rest quietly, as compassed with a trenche.

Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde, yea many one should make suite vnto thee.

As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.