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| 1And Job again took up his discourse, and said: | 1Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, |
| 2“Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, | 2Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; |
| 3when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, | 3When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
| 4as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, | 4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
| 5when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me, | 5When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; |
| 6when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! | 6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
| 7When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square, | 7When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! |
| 8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; | 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. |
| 9the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; | 9The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. |
| 10the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. | 10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
| 11When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, | 11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
| 12because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. | 12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
| 13The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. | 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. |
| 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. | 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
| 15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. | 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. |
| 16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. | 16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
| 17I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth. | 17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
| 18Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, | 18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. |
| 19my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, | 19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
| 20my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ | 20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
| 21“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. | 21Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. |
| 22After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. | 22After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. |
| 23They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. | 23And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
| 24I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down. | 24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
| 25I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners. | 25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
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