1Moreover Job347 continued3254 5375 his parable4912, and said559,
2Oh that5414 I were as in months3391 past6924, as in the days3117 when God433 preserved8104 me;
3When his candle5216 shined1984 upon my head7218, and when by his light216 I walked3212 through darkness2822;
4As I was in the days3117 of my youth2779, when the secret5475 of God433 was upon my tabernacle168;
5When the Almighty7706 was yet with me, when my children5288 were about5439 me;
6When I washed7364 my steps1978 with butter2529, and the rock6697 poured me out6694 rivers6388 of oil8081;
7When I went out3318 to the gate8179 through the city7176, when I prepared3559 my seat4186 in the street7339!
8The young men5288 saw7200 me, and hid2244 themselves: and the aged3453 arose6965, and stood up5975.
9The princes8269 refrained6113 talking4405, and laid7760 their hand3709 on their mouth6310.
10The nobles5057 held2244 their peace6963, and their tongue3956 cleaved1692 to the roof of their mouth2441.
11When the ear241 heard8085 me, then it blessed833 me; and when the eye5869 saw7200 me, it gave witness5749 to me:
12Because I delivered4422 the poor6041 that cried7768, and the fatherless3490, and him that had none to help5826 him.
13The blessing1293 of him that was ready to perish6 came935 upon me: and I caused the widow's490 heart3820 to sing for joy7442.
14I put3847 on righteousness6664, and it clothed3847 me: my judgment4941 was as a robe4598 and a diadem6797.
15I was eyes5869 to the blind5787, and feet7272 was I to the lame6455.
16I was a father1 to the poor34: and the cause7379 which I knew3045 not I searched out2713.
17And I brake7665 the jaws4973 of the wicked5767, and plucked7993 the spoil2964 out of his teeth8127.
18Then I said559, I shall die1478 in my nest7064, and I shall multiply7235 my days3117 as the sand2344.
19My root8328 was spread out6605 by the waters4325, and the dew2919 lay all night3885 upon my branch7105.
20My glory3519 was fresh2319 in me5978, and my bow7198 was renewed2498 in my hand3027.
21Unto me men gave ear8085, and waited3176, and kept silence1826 at3926 my counsel6098.
22After310 my words1697 they spake not again8138; and my speech4405 dropped5197 upon them.
23And they waited3176 for me as for the rain4306; and they opened6473 their mouth6310 wide as for the latter rain4456.
24If I laughed7832 on them, they believed539 it not; and the light216 of my countenance6440 they cast not down5307.
25I chose977 out their way1870, and sat3427 chief7218, and dwelt7931 as a king4428 in the army1416, as one that comforteth5162 the mourners57.