should

For hee hath said, It profiteth a man nothing, that he should delight himselfe with God.

Therefore hearken vnto me, ye men of vnderstanding: farre bee it from God, that he should doe wickednes, and from the Almighty, that hee should commit iniquitie.

1611 marginal noteHebr. men of heart.

1611 marginal noteExod. 32.4. iob 8.3. and 36.23. psal. 92.15. rom 9.14.

For hee will not lay vpon man more then right; that he should enter into iudgement with God.

1611 marginal noteHebr. goe.

Should it bee according to thy minde? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou chuse, and not I: therefore speake what thou knowest.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Should it be from with thee?

Euen so would he haue remooued thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitnesse, and that which should be set on thy table, should be full of fatnesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the rest of thy table.

Who hath preuented me that I should repay him? whatsoeuer is vnder the whole heauen, is mine.

1611 marginal notePsal. 24.1. & 50.12. 1.cor. 10.26.

Though an host should encampe against me, my heart shall not feare: though warre should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

1611 marginal notePsal3.6.

O LORD, thou hast brought vp my soule from the graue: thou hast kept me aliue, that I should not goe downe to the pit.

For I said, heare me, least otherwise they should reioyce ouer me: when my foot slippeth, they magnifie themselues against me.

Wherefore should I feare in the daies of euill, when the iniquitie of my heeles shall compasse me about?