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[1] Also Helyu addide, and spak these thingis,
[2] Suffre thou me a litil, and Y schal schewe to thee; for yit Y haue that, that Y schal speke for God.
[3] Y schal reherse my kunnyng fro the bigynnyng; and Y schal preue my worchere iust.
[4] For verili my wordis ben with out leesyng, and perfit kunnyng schal be preued to thee.
[5] God castith not awei myyti men, sithen he is myyti;
[6] but he saueth not wickid men, and he yyueth dom to pore men.
[7] He takith not awei hise iyen fro a iust man; and he settith kyngis in seete with out ende, and thei ben reisid there.
[8] And if thei ben in chaynes, and ben boundun with the roopis of pouert,
[9] he schal shewe to hem her werkis, and her grete trespassis; for thei weren violent, `ethir rauenours.
[10] Also he schal opene her eere, that he chastise; and he schal speke, that thei turne ayen fro wickidnesse.
[11] If thei heren, and kepen, thei schulen fille her daies in good, and her yeris in glorie.
[12] Sotheli if thei heren not, thei schulen passe bi swerd, and thei schulen be wastid in foli.
[13] Feyneris and false men stiren the ire of God; and thei schulen not crye, whanne thei ben boundun.
[14] The soule of hem schal die in tempest; and the lijf of hem among `men of wymmens condiciouns.
[15] He schal delyuere a pore man fro his angwisch; and he schal opene `the eere of hym in tribulacioun.
[16] Therfor he schal saue thee fro the streit mouth of the broddeste tribulacioun, and not hauynge a foundement vndur it; sotheli the rest of thi table schal be ful of fatnesse.
[17] Thi cause is demed as the cause of a wickid man; forsothe thou schalt resseyue thi cause and doom.
[18] Therfor ire ouercome thee not, that thou oppresse ony man; and the multitude of yiftis bowe thee not.
[19] Putte doun thi greetnesse with out tribulacioun, and putte doun alle stronge men bi strengthe.
[20] Dilaie thou not nyyt, that puplis stie for hem.
[21] Be thou war, that thou bowe not to wickidnesse; for thou hast bigunne to sue this wickidnesse aftir wretchidnesse.
[22] Lo! God is hiy in his strengthe, and noon is lijk hym among the yyueris of lawe.
[23] Who mai seke out the weies of God? ethir who dar seie to hym, Thou hast wrouyt wickidnesse?
[24] Haue thou mynde, that thou knowist not his werk, of whom men sungun.
[25] Alle men seen God; ech man biholdith afer.
[26] Lo! God is greet, ouercomynge oure kunnyng; the noumbre of hise yeeris is with out noumbre.
[27] Which takith awei the dropis of reyn; and schedith out reynes at the licnesse of floodyatis,
[28] whiche comen doun of the cloudis, that hilen alle thingis aboue.
[29] If he wole stretche forthe cloudis as his tente,
[30] and leite with his liyt fro aboue, he schal hile, yhe,
[31] the herris of the see. For bi these thingis he demeth puplis, and yyueth mete to many deedli men.
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