God in his providence knoweth when he will punish the wicked, which his true servants know not, much less the impious.God in his prouidence knoweth when he wil punish the wicked, which his true seruantes know not, much lesse the impious.✦
Times are not hid from the Omnipotent: but they that know him, know not his days.TIMES are not hid from the Omnipotent: but they that know him, know not his daies.✦Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora : qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.
2Some have transferred bounds, spoiled flocks, and fed them.Some haue transferred boundes, spoiled flockes, & fed them.✦Alii terminos transtulerunt ; diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos.
3They have driven away the ass of pupillorum: schoolchildren; orphans, fatherless minors, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.They haue driuen away the asse of pupilles, & haue taken away the widowes oxe for a pledge.✦Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.
4They have subverted the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.They haue subuerted the way of the poore, and haue oppressed together the meeke of the earth.✦Subverterunt pauperum viam, et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ.
5Others as wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: watching to the prey, do prepare bread for their children.Others as wilde asses in the deserte goe forth to their worke: watching to the praye, doe prepare bread for their children.✦Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum : vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
6They reap the field that is not theirs, and gather the grapes of his vineyard, whom by violence they have oppressed.They reape the filde that is not theirs, and gather the grapes of his vineyard, whom by violence they haue oppressed.✦Agrum non suum demetunt, et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant.
7They send men away naked, taking away their clothes, which have no covering in the cold.They send men away naked, taking away their clothes, which haue no couering in the cold.✦Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, quibus non est operimentum in frigore :
8Whom the showers of the mountains do wash, and not having a velamen: shelter, covering, they embrace stones.Whom the showers of the mountaynes doe wash, and not hauing a couert, they embrace stones.✦quos imbres montium rigant, et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides.
9They did violence spoiling the pupils, and the common poor people they spoiled.They did violence spoyling the pupilles, and the common poore people they spoyled.✦Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
10From the naked and them that go without clothing, and the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.From the naked and them that goe without clothing, and the hungrie they haue taken away the eares of corne.✦Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas.
11They have rested the noontide among their heaps, which having trodden the wine presses are athirst.They haue rested the noonetide among their heapes, which hauing troden the wine presses are a thirst.✦Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.
12Out of the cities they have made men to mourn, and the soul of the wounded hath cried, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged:Out of the cities they haue made men to mourne, and the soule of the wounded hath cryed, and God doth not suffer it to passe vnreuenged:✦De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit : et Deus inultum abire non patitur.
13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither did they return by his paths.They haue bene rebellious to the light, they haue not knowen his wayes, neither did they returne by his pathes.✦Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini : nescierunt vias ejus, nec reversi sunt per semitas ejus.
14At the very break of day the murderer riseth, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but by night he will be as a thief.At the verie breake of day the murderer ryseth, he killeth the needie, and the poore man: but by night he wil be as a theefe.✦Mane primo consurgit homicida ; interficit egenum et pauperem : per noctem vero erit quasi fur.
15The eye of the adulteri: adulterer observeth darkness, saying: Eye shall not see me: and he will cover his face.The eie of the aduouterer obserueth darkenesse, saying: Eie shal not see me: and he wil couer his face.✦Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens : Non me videbit oculus : et operiet vultum suum.
16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed with themselves, and they have not known the light.He diggeth through houses in the darke, as in the day they had oppoynted with them selues, and they haue not knowen the light.✦Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.
17If suddenly the morning shall appear, they think it the shadow of death: and they walk so in darkness as it were in light.If sodenly the morning shal appeare, they thinke it the shadow of death: and they walke so in darkenesse as it were in light.✦Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis : et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant.
18He is light above the face of the water: cursed be his portion in the earth, neither walk he by the way of the vineyards.He is light aboue the face of the water: cursed be his portion in the earth, neither walke he by the way of the vineyardes.Levis est super faciem aquæ : maledicta sit pars ejus in terra, nec ambulet per viam vinearum.
19Let him pass from snow waters to exceeding heat, and his sin even unto hell.Let him passe from snowe waters to exceding heate, and his sinne euen vnto hel.✦Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius.
20Let mercy forget him: worms his sweetness: be he not in remembrance, but be he broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.Let mercie forget him: wormes his sweetnes: be he not in remembrance, but be he broken in peeces as an vnfruitful tree.✦Obliviscatur ejus misericordia ; dulcedo illius vermes : non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
21For he hath fed the barren, and her that beareth not, and to the widow he hath not done good.For he hath fedd the barren, and her that bareth not, and to the widow he hath not done good.✦Pavit enim sterilem quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
22He hath pulled down the strong in his strength, and when he shall stand, he will not credit his life.He hath pulled downe the strong in his strength, and when he shal stand, he wil not credit his life.✦Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ.
23God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes be upon his ways.God hath geuen him place for penance, and he abuseth it vnto pride: but his eies be vpon his waies.✦Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, et ille abutitur eo in superbiam : oculi autem ejus sunt in viis illius.
24They are elevated for a little, and shall not stand, and shall be humbled as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.They are eleuated for a litle, and shal not stand, and shal be humbled as al thinges, and shal be taken away, and as the toppes of the eares of corne they shal be broken.✦Elevati sunt ad modicum, et non subsistent : et humiliabuntur sicut omnia, et auferentur, et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur.
25And if it be not so, who can reprove me that I have lied, and set my words before God?And if it be not so, who can reproue me that I haue lied, and set my wordes before God?✦Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea ?
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.