The Garden of Zion, Part 11 · Biblical figure · Chapter 34 – Chapter 35
Chap. 34.
YET Elihu ſtill ſpeaking, ſaid,
2 Ye wiſe men, ſage, and grave,
Now hear my words, give ear to me
all yee that knowledge have:
3 For mans ear well all words doth try,
as the mouth taſteth food;
4 Let us chooſe judgement unto us,
and let us know what's good.
5 For Job hath ſaid moſt fooliſhly,
I righteous am alway;
And GOD the good right of my cauſe
hath taken clean away.
6 Should I againſt my right once lye?
he with a cureleſſe wound
Hath ſtriken me, and yet for that
no crime at all is found.
7 What man in all the earth like Job,
himſelf ſo overthinks,
Who wilfully void of all ſenſe
great ſcorn as water drinks?
8 Which is companion unto theſe
that work iniquitie;
And in his carriage walketh with
men that moſt wicked be.
9 For he hath ſaid, it profits not
a man to be upright,
That he with the Almighty GOD
ſhould ſtill himſelf delight.
10 Therefore ye wiſe men hearken now,
all wickedneſſe far be
From GOD, and from th'Almighty that
he do iniquitie.
11 Eor he the work of every man
moſt juſtly will repay,
And ſhall cauſe every man to find
according to his way.
12 Yea, ſurely GOD not wickedly
will do in whole or part,
Nor yet will the Almighty once
his judgement wiſe pervert.
13 Who ov'r the earth hath unto him
the weighty charge impoſd
And who but he by his great power
the world all hath diſpoſd?
14 If he upon man ſet his heart
in fury and in wrath,
If he ſhall gather to himſelfe
his ſprite and als his breath.
15 All fleſh that dwells upon the earth
together periſh muſt,
And mortall man ſhall turne againe
unto his former duſt.
15 If thou now underſtanding haſt
heare and hearken to me
17 Shall wicked rule, and ſhall the juſt
condemned be by thee?
18 Beſeems it to ſay to a King
by way of great diſdaine
Thou wicked art; to Princes als
yee all are moſt profaine?
19 Then how much leſſe to him that can
not Princes proud endure,
And who in juſtice not regards
the rich more then the poor?
For they indeed are all alike
the work even of his hands,
And therefore that which is for both,
he wiſely ſtill commands.
20 They ſoone ſhall die, the people ſhall
be vex'd at midnight and
The mighty men ſhall taken be
away without a hand.
21 For on mans wayes his eyes are ſtill,
his going he doth ſee,
22 The ſhadows dark can not theſe hide
that work iniquitie.
23 For he more then the right on man
will not lay with his rod,
That he in judgement enter ſhould
with the Almighty GOD.
24 By multitudes he ſtrongly ſhall
in pieces break the great,
And pull them down, and in their ſtead
moſt quickly others ſet.
25 Therefore he knoweth well their works,
and he them in the night
Doth overturne, ſo that they are
deſtroyed out of ſight.
26 He ſtrikes the wicked openly,
becauſe that they did ſwerve,
And would not any of his wayes
with conſcience well obſerve.
28 So that unto him of the poor
they cauſe ſoone come the cry,
And he the cryes of troubled men
doth hear ſtill by and by.
29 When quietneſſe he gives to man,
who then dar be ſo bold
To grieve him? When he hides his face
who can him then behold?
Whether againſt a nation all,
It be done publickly,
Or onelyonly it againſt a man
be done moſt privatly.
30 That the moſt wicked hypocrite
ſhould not the Scepter ſway,
Leſt that the people fooliſhly
enſnared be alway.
31 It ſurely meet is to be ſaid
unto the LORD therefore
I chaſtiſement have borne, offend
I will not any more.
32 That which I ſee not teach thou me
that I hence may refraine,
If I have done iniquity
I will not doe't againe.
33 Should it be after thine owne mind?
whether that thou doth chuſe.
He will it ſurely recompence
or whether thou refuſe.
And not I, I may well affirme
even whether leſſe or more,
What doſt thou know moſt perfectly
ſee thou it ſpeak therefore.
34 Let men of underſtanding good
unto me plainely tell,
And let him hearken who alwayes
in wiſedome doth excell.
35 Without knowledge Job ſpoken hath
and that moſt fooliſhly,
Without all wiſedome were his words,
as all may hear and ſee.
36 That Job be tri'd unto the end
this is my cheefe deſire,
Becauſe that for moſt wicked men
his anſwers did conſpire;
37 Eor he to ſin rebellion ads
even while he feeles the rod,
He claps his hands, and multiplies
his words againſt the Lord.
Chap. 35.
YEt Elihu moreover ſaid,
2 Think'ſt thou this to be right.
That thou doſt ſay my righteouſneſſe
then God appeares more bright.
3 For thou ſaidſt, what advantage will
it unto thee now be,
And profit what ſhall I then have,
if from ſin I be free?
4 To thee and thy companions now
this anſwere make will I,
5 Look to the heavens, ſee and behold
the clouds high in the sky.
6 What do'ſt thou vaine man him againſt
if thou be given to ſin,
If thou tranſgreſſions multiply,
what doſt thou unto him?
7 If thou be righteous in thy wayes,
what to him doſt thou give,
Or from thine hand, what what doth he,
at any time receive?
8 Thy wickedneſſe may hurt a man
that is like unto thee,
Thy righteouſneſſe to ſons of men
may alwayes helpfull be.
9 Becauſe of great oppreſſions they
do make th' oppreſſed cry;
By reaſon of the mighties armes
they cry out by and by.
10 But none among them all doth ſay,
where is the GOD of might,
My maker who moſt graciouſly
gives ſongs even in the night,
11 Who teacheth us moſt carefully,
and hath us wiſedome given
More th…n to all the beaſts on earth
or yet the foules of heaven?
12 There they do cry but none at all
gives eare or yet takes head,
Becauſe of ill men who in pride
moſt wickedly exceed.
13 Moſt ſurely fooliſh vanitie
by God ſhall not be heard,
The almighty who is above,
ſure will it not regard.
14 Though thou ſay thou ſhalt not him ſee,
yet he is alwayes juſt,
Therefore ſee that with all thine heart
thou alwayes in him truſt.
15 But now becauſe it is not ſo,
God in his anger hot
Hath viſited; yet in great ſtrait
poor Job this knoweth not:
16 Therefore doth Job moſt fooliſhly
open his mouth in vaine,
Without knowledge he multiplies
words while he doth complaine.