God

Hast thou carnall eyes? or doest thou see as man seeth?

Are thy dayes as mans dayes? or thy yeres, as the time of man,

That thou inquirest of mine iniquitie, and searchest out my sinne?

Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.

Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?

Remember, I pray thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

Hast thou not powred me out as milke? and turned me to cruds like cheese?

Thou hast giuen me life, and grace: and thy visitation hath preserued my spirit.

Though thou hast hid these things in thine heart, yet I knowe that it is so with thee.

If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me, and wilt not holde mee giltlesse of mine iniquitie.

If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

But let it increase: hunt thou me as a lyon: returne and shew thy selfe marueilous vpon me.

Thou renuest thy plagues against me, and thou increasest thy wrath against me: changes and armies of sorowes are against me.

Wherfore then hast thou brought me out of the wombe? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seene me!

For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

But, oh that God would speake and open his lippes against thee!

That he might shewe thee the secretes of wisedome, howe thou hast deserued double, according to right: know therefore that God hath forgotten thee for thine iniquitie.

Canst thou by searching finde out God? canst thou finde out ye Almighty to his perfection?

If hee cut off and shut vp, or gather together, who can turne him backe?

For hee knoweth vaine men, and seeth iniquitie, and him that vnderstandeth nothing.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth vpon God, and he heareth him: the iust and the vpright is laughed to scorne.

The tabernacles of robbers doe prosper, and they are in safetie, that prouoke God, whome God hath enriched with his hand.

Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?

With him is wisedome and strength: he hath counsell and vnderstanding.