old

The old Lyon perisheth for lacke of pray, and the stout Lyons whelpes are scattered abroad.

Though the roote thereof waxe old in the earth, and the stocke thereof die in the ground:

Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed vpon earth,

Wherefore doe the wicked liue, become old, yea, are mightie in power?

1611 marginal notePsal. 17.10. and 73.12. iere. 12.1. hab. 1.16.

Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?

Yea whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom olde age was perished?

And Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite answered and sayd: I am yong, and yee are very old, wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

1611 marginal noteHeb. few of dayes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I feared.

So Iob died being old, and full of dayes.