Job 29
1 and to add: again Job to lift: loud proverb his and to say
And Job continued his discourse:
2 who? to give: if only! me like/as month front: old like/as day god to keep: guard me
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 in/on/with to shine he lamp his upon head my to/for light his to go: walk darkness
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4 like/as as which to be in/on/with day autumn my in/on/with counsel god upon tent my
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5 in/on/with still Almighty with me me around me youth my
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 in/on/with to wash: wash step my in/on/with heat and rock to pour with me me stream oil
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 in/on/with to come out: come I gate upon town in/on/with street/plaza to establish: prepare seat my
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8 to see: see me youth and to hide and aged to arise: rise to stand: stand
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9 ruler to restrain in/on/with speech and palm to set: put to/for lip their
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10 voice leader to hide and tongue their to/for palate their to cleave
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11 for ear to hear: hear and to bless me and eye to see: see and to testify me
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12 for to escape afflicted to cry and orphan and not to help to/for him
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13 blessing to perish upon me to come (in): come and heart widow to sing
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 righteousness to clothe and to clothe me like/as robe and turban justice my
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 eye to be to/for blind and foot to/for lame I
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16 father I to/for needy and strife not to know to search him
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 and to break [emph?] jaw unjust and from tooth his to throw prey
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 and to say with nest my to die and like/as sand to multiply day
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 root my to open to(wards) water and dew to lodge in/on/with foliage my
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 glory my new with me me and bow my in/on/with hand my to pass
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 to/for me to hear: hear and to wait: wait and to silence: silent upon counsel my
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 after word: speaking my not to repeat and upon them to drip/prophesy speech my
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 and to wait: wait like/as rain to/for me and lip their to open to/for spring rain
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 to laugh to(wards) them not be faithful and light face my not to fall: fall [emph?]
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 to choose way: conduct their and to dwell head: leader and to dwell like/as king in/on/with band like/as as which mourning to be sorry: comfort
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
