In the general judgement, the wicked seeing the just, whom they had contemned, to be in great honour, shall bewail their own misery, 9. considering that their pleasure was short, 16. and the joy of the blessed shall be for ever. 18. God will arm himself, and all creatures, to punish the impious.In the general iudgement, the wicked seing the iust, whom they had contemned, to be in great honour, shal bewaile their owne miserie, 9. considering that their pleasure was short, 16. and the ioy of the blessed shal be for euer. 18. God wil arme himself, and al creatures, to punish the impious.✦
Then shall the just stand in great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours.THEN shal the iust stand in great constancie against those that haue afflicted them, and taken away their labours.✦Tunc stabunt justi in magna constantia adversus eos qui se angustiaverunt, et qui abstulerunt labores eorum.
2They seeing shall be troubled with horrible fear, and shall marvel at the suddenness of unexpected salvation,They seing shal be trubled with horrible feare, and shal meruel at the sodennes of vnexpected saluation,✦Videntes turbabuntur timore horribili, et mirabuntur in subitatione insperatæ salutis ;
3saying within themselves, repenting, and sighing for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and in a similitudinem: a byword, a similitude of scorn of reproach.saying within themselues, repenting, and sighing for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had sometime in derision, and in a parable of reproch.dicentes intra se, pœnitentiam agentes, et præ angustia spiritus gementes : Hi sunt quos habuimus aliquando in derisum, et in similitudinem improperii.
4We senseless esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.We senslesse estemed their life madnes, and their end without honour.Nos insensati, vitam illorum æstimabamus insaniam, et finem illorum sine honore ;
5Behold how they are counted among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.Behold how they are counted among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.✦ecce quomodo computati sunt inter filios Dei, et inter sanctos sors illorum est.
6We therefore have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined to us, and the sun of understanding rose not to us.We therfore haue erred from the way of truth, and the light of iustice hath not shined to vs, and the sunne of vnderstanding rose not to vs.✦Ergo erravimus a via veritatis, et justitiæ lumen non luxit nobis, et sol intelligentiæ non est ortus nobis.
7We are wearied in the way of iniquity and perdition, and have walked hard ways, but the way of our Lord we have not known.We are weried in the way of iniquitie and perdition, and haue walked hard wayes, but the way of our Lord we haue not knowen.Lassati sumus in via iniquitatis et perditionis, et ambulavimus vias difficiles : viam autem Domini ignoravimus.
8What hath pride profited us? or what commodity hath the jactantia: boasting, ostentatious display of riches brought to us?What hath pride profited vs? or what commoditie hath the vaunting of riches brought to vs?✦Quid nobis profuit superbia ? aut divitiarum jactantia quid contulit nobis ?
9All those things are passed away as a shadow, and as a messenger running before,Al those thinges are passed away as a shadow, and as a messenger running before,✦Transierunt omnia illa tamquam umbra, et tamquam nuntius percurrens,
10and as a ship, that passeth through the surging waters: whereof, when it is past, the trace can not be found, nor the path of that ship's keel in the waves:and as a shippe, that passeth through the surging waters: wherof, when it is past, the trace can not be found, nor the path of that shippes keele in the waues:✦et tamquam navis quæ pertransit fluctuantem aquam, cujus cum præterierit non est vestigium invenire, neque semitam carinæ illius in fluctibus ;
11or as a bird, that flyeth through in the air, of which there is no token can be found of her passage, but only a sound of the wings beating the light wind: and by vehemence of going cutting the air, moving the wings she is flown through, and afterward there is no sign found of her way:or as a bird, that flyeth through in the ayre, of which there is no token can be found of her passage, but only a sound of the winges beating the light winde: and by vehemence of going cutting the ayre, mouing the winges she is flowen through, and afterward there is no signe found of her way:aut tamquam avis quæ transvolat in aëre, cujus nullum invenitur argumentum itineris, sed tantum sonitus alarum verberans levem ventum, et scindens per vim itineris aërem : commotis alis transvolavit, et post hoc nullum signum invenitur itineris illius ;
12or as when an arrow is shot forth to a set mark, the divided air is forthwith closed in itself again, so that the passage thereof is not known:or as when an arrow is shotte forth to a sette marke, the diuided ayre is forthwith closed in itself againe, so that the passage therof is not knowen:aut tamquam sagitta emissa in locum destinatum, divisus aër continuo in se reclusus est, ut ignoretur transitus illius :
13so we also being born forthwith ceased to be: and of virtue quidem: certainly, indeed have been able to show no sign: but in our malignitate: wickedness, evildoing, not trivial mischief we are consumed.so we also being borne forthwith ceased to be: and of vertue certes haue bene able to shew no signe: but in our naughtines we are consumed.sic et nos nati continuo desivimus esse ; et virtutis quidem nullum signum valuimus ostendere, in malignitate autem nostra consumpti sumus.
14Such things said they in hell, which sinned:Such thinges sayd they in hel, which sinned:✦Talia dixerunt in inferno hi qui peccaverunt :
15because the hope of the impious is as dust, which is taken away with the wind: and as a thin froth, which is dispersed by the storm: and as smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the memory of a guest of one day that passeth.because the hope of the impious is as dust, which is taken away with the winde: and as a thinne froth, which is dispersed by the storme: and as smoke that is scatered abrode by the winde: and as the memorie of a ghest of one day that passeth.✦quoniam spes impii tamquam lanugo est quæ a vento tollitur, et tamquam spuma gracilis quæ a procella dispergitur, et tamquam fumus qui a vento diffusus est, et tamquam memoria hospitis unius diei prætereuntis.
16But the just shall live for ever, and their reward is with our Lord, and cogitation of them with the Highest.But the iust shal liue for euer, and their reward is with our Lord, and cogitation of them with the Highest.✦Justi autem in perpetuum vivent, et apud Dominum est merces eorum, et cogitatio illorum apud Altissimum.
17Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of honour, & a crown of beauty at the hand of our Lord: because with his right hand he will cover them, and within his holy arm he will defend them.Therfore shal they receiue a kingdom of honour, & a crowne of beautie at the hand of our Lord: because with his right hand he wil couer them, and with in his holie arme he wil defend them.✦Ideo accipient regnum decoris, et diadema speciei de manu Domini : quoniam dextera sua teget eos, et brachio sancto suo defendet illos.
18And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creaturam: the whole of creation, the created order to the revenge of the enemies.And his zele wil take armour, and he wil arme the creature to the reuenge of the enemies.✦Accipiet armaturam zelus illius, et armabit creaturam ad ultionem inimicorum.
19He will put on justice for a breastplate, & will take sincere judgement for an helmet:He wil put on iustice for a brestplate, & wil take sincere iudgement for an helmet:Induet pro thorace justitiam, et accipiet pro galea judicium certum ;
20he will take equity for an invincible shield:he wil take equitie for an inuincible shilde:sumet scutum inexpugnabile æquitatem.
21and he will sharpen fierce wrath for a spear, and the round world shall fight with him against the senseless.and he wil sharpen fierce wrath for a speare, and the round world shal fight with him against the senslesse.Acuet autem duram iram in lanceam, et pugnabit cum illo orbis terrarum contra insensatos.
22The shots of lightnings shall go directly, & as it were from a bow of the clouds well bent they shall be cast forth, and shall light on a certain place.The shottes of lightenings shal goe directly, & as it were from a bow of the clouds wel bent they shal be cast forth, and shal light on a certaine place.✦Ibunt directe emissiones fulgurum, et tamquam a bene curvato arcu nubium exterminabuntur, et ad certum locum insilient.
23And from petrosa: rocky, stony wrath shall thick hail stones be cast, the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together roughly.And from rocked wrath shal thicke haile stones be cast, the water of the sea shal rage against them, and the riuers shal runne together roughly.Et a petrosa ira plenæ mittentur grandines ; excandescet in illos aqua maris, et flumina concurrent duriter.
24A spirit of power shall stand against them, and as a turbo venti: whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the land to a desert, and naughtiness shall overthrow the seats of the mighty.A spirit of powre shal stand against them, and as a hurlewinde shal diuide them: and their iniquitie shal bring al the land to a desert, and naughtines shal ouerthrow the seates of the mightie.✦Contra illos stabit spiritus virtutis, et tamquam turbo venti dividet illos ; et ad eremum perducet omnem terram iniquitas illorum, et malignitas evertet sedes potentium.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.