Job 29
1. Moreover Job continued * his parable, and said * ,
2. Oh that * I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved * me;
3. When his candle shined * upon my head, and when by his light I walked * through darkness;
4. As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5. When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6. When I washed * my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out * rivers of oil;
7. When I went out * to the gate through the city, when I prepared * my seat in the street !
8. The young men saw * me, and hid * themselves: and the aged arose * , and stood up * .
9. The princes refrained * talking,and laid * their hand on their mouth.
10. The nobles held * their peace,and their tongue cleaved * to the roof of their mouth.
11. When the ear heard * me, then it blessed * me; and when the eye saw * me, it gave witness * to me:
12. Because I delivered * the poor that cried * , and the fatherless, and him that had none to help * him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish * came * upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy * .
14. I put * on righteousness, and it clothed * me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew * not I searched out * .
17. And I brake * the jaws of the wicked, and plucked * the spoil out of his teeth.
18. Then I said * , I shall die * in my nest, and I shall multiply * my days as the sand.
19. My root was spread out * by the waters, and the dew lay all night * upon my branch.
20. My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed * in my hand.
21. Unto me men gave ear * , and waited * , and kept silence * at my counsel.
22. After my words they spake not again * ; and my speech dropped * upon them.
23. And they waited * for me as for the rain; and they opened * their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24. If I laughed * on them, they believed * it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down * .
25. I chose * out their way, and sat * chief, and dwelt * as a king in the army, as one that comforteth * the mourners.
