Job 29
1 And he repeated Job to take up discourse his and he said.
Moreover Job continued his discourse, and said:
2 Who? will he give me like months of long ago like [the] days [when] God he watched over me.
O that I were as in months past, In the days when God was my guardian;
3 When made shine he lamp his over head my to light his I walked darkness.
When his lamp shined over my head, And when 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 autumn of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
5 While still [the] Almighty [was] with me [were] around me lads my.
When the Almighty 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 I bathed my steps in milk, And the rock poured me out rivers of oil!
7 When went out I [the] gate on [the] town in the public square I prepared seat my.
When I went forth to the gate by the city, And took my seat in the market-place,
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, And the aged arose and stood.
9 Chiefs they restrained words and a hand they put to mouth their.
The princes refrained from speaking, And laid their hand upon their mouth.
10 [the] voice of Nobles they were hidden and tongue their to palate their it stuck.
The nobles held their peace, And their tongue cleaved 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.
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness 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 delivered the poor, when they cried; And the fatherless, 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 that was ready to perish came upon me, And I caused the heart of the widow to sing for joy.
14 Righteousness I put on and it clothed me [was] like a robe and a turban justice my.
I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed itself with me; And justice was my robe and diadem.
15 Eyes I was to the blind and [was] feet to the lame I.
I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I 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 poor, And the cause of him I knew not I searched out;
17 And I broke! [the] jaws of [the] unrighteous and from teeth his I threw [the] prey.
And I broke the teeth of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his jaws.
18 And I said with nest my I will expire and like sand I will increase days.
Then said I, “I shall die in my nest; I shall multiply 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 abroad to the waters, And the dew abideth on my branches.
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 gathereth strength in my hand.”
21 To me people listened and they waited and they may be silent for counsel my.
To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After word my not they repeated and on them it dropped speech my.
To my words they made no reply, When my speech dropped down upon them.
23 And they waited like the rain for me and mouth their they opened wide for spring rain.
Yea, they waited for me as for the rain; They opened their mouths wide as for the latter rain.
24 I laughed to them not they believed and [the] light of face my not they made fall!
If I smiled upon them, they believed it not; Nor did they cause the light of my countenance 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.
When I came among them, I sat as chief; I dwelt as a king in the midst of an army, As a comforter among mourners.
