1Forsothe Joob answeride, and seide, 2Y preye, here ye my wordis, and do ye penaunce. 3Suffre ye me, that Y speke; and leiye ye aftir my wordis, if it schal seme worthi. 4Whether my disputyng is ayens man, that skilfuli Y owe not to be sori? 5Perseyue ye me, and be ye astonyed; and sette ye fyngur on youre mouth. 6And whanne Y bithenke, Y drede, and tremblyng schakith my fleisch. 7Whi therfor lyuen wickid men? Thei ben enhaunsid, and coumfortid with richessis. 8Her seed dwellith bifor hem; the cumpeny of kynesmen, and of sones of sones dwellith in her siyt. 9Her housis ben sikur, and pesible; and the yerde of God is not on hem. 10The cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede not a deed calf; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir calf. 11Her litle children goen out as flockis; and her yonge children `maken fulli ioye with pleies. 12Thei holden tympan, and harpe; and ioien at the soun of orgun. 13Thei leden in goodis her daies; and in a point thei goen doun to hellis. 14Whiche men seiden to God, Go thou awei fro us; we nylen the kunnyng of thi weies. 15Who is Almiyti God, that we serue him? and what profitith it to vs, if we preien him? 16Netheles for her goodis ben not in her hond, `that is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer fro me. 17Hou ofte schal the lanterne of wickid men be quenchid, and flowing schal come on hem, and God schal departe the sorewis of his stronge veniaunce? 18Thei schulen be as chaffis bifor the face of the wynd; and as a deed sparcle, whiche the whirlewynd scaterith abrood. 19God schal kepe the sorewe of the fadir to hise sones; and whanne he hath yoldun, thanne he schal wite. 20Hise iyen schulen se her sleyng; and he schal drynke of the stronge veniaunce of Almyyti God. 21For whi what perteyneth it to hym of his hows aftir hym, thouy the noumbre of his monethis be half takun awey? 22Whether ony man schal teche God kunnyng, which demeth hem that ben hiye? 23This yuel man dieth strong and hool, riche and blesful, `that is, myrie. 24Hise entrails ben ful of fatnesse; and hise boonys ben moistid with merowis. 25Sotheli anothir wickid man dieth in the bittirnesse of his soule, and with outen ony richessis. 26And netheles thei schulen slepe togidere in dust, and wormes schulen hile hem. 27Certis Y knowe youre wickid thouytis, and sentensis ayens me. 28For ye seien, Where is the hows of the prince? and where ben the tabernaclis of wickid men? 29Axe ye ech of `the weie goeris; and ye schulen knowe, that he vndurstondith these same thingis, 30that an yuel man schal be kept in to the dai of perdicioun, and schal be led to the dai of woodnesse. 31Who schal repreue hise weies bifor hym? and who schal yelde to hym tho thingis, whiche he hath doon? 32He schal be led to the sepulcris; and he schal wake in the heep of deed men. 33He was swete to the `stoonys, ether filthis, of helle; and drawith ech man aftir hym, and vnnoumbrable men bifor him. 34Hou therfor coumforten ye me in veyn, sithen youre answeris ben schewid to `repugne to treuthe?