Job 29
1 And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
And Job continued to take up his parable, and said,
2 Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.
Who will give me back months like those which are past, days like those when God guarded me;
3 When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
When his lamp shone over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;
4 Just as I was in [the] days of prime my in [the] intimacy of God on tent my.
As I was in the days of my abundance, when the confidence of God was upon my tent:
5 While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
When the Almighty was yet with me, when my servants stood round about me;
6 When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside me streams of oil.
When I bathed my steps in cream, and the rock poured out near me streamlets of oil!
7 When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat:
8 They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.
Young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged rose up, and remained standing;
9 Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
Princes stopped in the midst of [their] words, and laid their hand on their mouth:
10 [the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.
The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
11 For an ear it heard and it called blessed me and an eye it saw and it bore witness to me.
For the ear that heard me called me happy; and the eye that saw me bore witness for me;
12 That I rescued [the] afflicted [who] cried for help and [the] fatherless and [the one whom] not a helper [belonged] to him.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him.
13 [the] blessing of [one] about to perish On me it came and [the] heart of a widow I made sing for joy.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy.
14 Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.
15 Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
Eyes was I to the blind; and feet to the lame was I.
16 [was] a father I to the needy [people] and a case at law of [the one whom] not I knew I investigated it.
A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate.
17 And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey.
18 And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
And I said then, “In the midst of my nest shall I depart hence, and like the sand shall I have many days.
19 Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.
My root will stand open for the water, and the dew will lodge on my boughs.
20 Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.
My glory will ever be new with me, and my bow will acquire fresh strength in my hand.”
21 To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
Unto me men listened, and waited, and watched in silence for my counsel
22 After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
After my words they made no reply, and my speech dropped on them [like dew].
23 And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened wide their mouth as for the latter rain.
24 I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
I smiled on those that had lost their confidence; and the light of my countenance they never cast down.
25 I chose way their so I may sit [as] chief so I may dwell like a king among the troop[s] just as mourners someone comforts.
I chose their way for them, and I sat as chief, and dwelt as king in his army, as one that comforteth mourners.
