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1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said: And Job again took up his discourse, and said: Job continued his discourse:
2 Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me? “Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness? when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle? as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent, Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
5 When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me? when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me, when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil? when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7 When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair? When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square, “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood. the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood; the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth. the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth; the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10 The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat. the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11 The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me: When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
12 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper. because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him. because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow. The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16 I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently. I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18 And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days. Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand, “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19 My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest. my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches, My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20 My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired. my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’ My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel. “Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
22 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them. After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them. After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
23 They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower. They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain. They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24 If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth. I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down. When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned. I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners. I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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