Job 29
1 And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
And Job adds to lift up his allegory and says:
2 Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.
“Who makes me as [in] months past, As [in] the days of God’s preserving me?
3 When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk [through] darkness.
4 Just as I was in [the] days of prime my in [the] intimacy of God on tent my.
As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God on my tent.
5 While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
When yet the Mighty One [is] with me. Around me—my young ones,
6 When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside me streams of oil.
When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock [is] with me—streams of oil.
7 When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.
8 They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.
Youths have seen me, and they have been hidden, And the aged have risen—they stood up.
9 Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
Princes have kept in words, And they place a hand on their mouth.
10 [the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.
The voice of leaders has been hidden, And their tongue has cleaved to the 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 heard, and declares me blessed, And the eye has seen, and testifies [to] me.
12 That I rescued [the] afflicted [who] cried for help and [the] fatherless and [the one whom] not a helper [belonged] to him.
For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who has no helper.
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 the perishing comes on me, And I cause the heart of the widow to sing.
14 Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
I have put on righteousness, and it clothes me, My justice as a robe and a crown.
15 Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
I have been eyes to the blind, And I [am] feet to the lame.
16 [was] a father I to the needy [people] and a case at law of [the one whom] not I knew I investigated it.
I [am] a father to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.
17 And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.
18 And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
And I say, I expire with my nest, And I multiply days as the sand.
19 Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.
My root is open to the waters, And dew lodges on my branch.
20 Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.
My glory [is] fresh with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
21 To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
They have listened to me, Indeed, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.
22 After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
After my word they do not change, And my speech drops on them,
23 And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
And they wait for me as [for] rain, And they have opened wide their mouth [As] for the spring rain.
24 I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
I laugh at them—they give no credence, And do not cause the light of my face to fall.
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 choose their way, and sit [as] head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When he comforts mourners.”
