Job 29
1 And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
Job again took 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.
"Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
3 When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through 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 ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
5 While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
when Shaddai was yet with me, and my children were around me,
6 When bathed steps my in curd and a rock it poured out beside me streams of oil.
when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
7 When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
when I went forth to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
8 They saw me young men and they hid themselves and old [men] they rose they stood.
The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
9 Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
The princes refrained from talking, 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 the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 For an ear it heard and it called blessed me and an eye it saw and it bore witness to me.
For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it commended 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 who cried, and the fatherless also, who 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 who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
15 Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
I was eyes to the blind, and 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 was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I did not know, I searched out.
17 And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18 And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
Then I said, 'I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand.
19 Root my [is] opened to water and dew it will remain overnight on branch[es] my.
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
20 Honor my [is] new with me and bow my in hand my it will show newness.
My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.'
21 To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
"Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.
23 And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
24 I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not reject the light of my face.
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 out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
