1And Job continued his discourse:Job again took up his parable, and said,Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,And Job again took up his parable, and said,2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.The 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; justice was my robe and my turban.I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
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