29:1 And Job continued and said in his
parable,
29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
29:3 As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through
darkness.
29:4 [As] when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my
house.
29:5 When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;
29:6 when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for
me with milk.
29:7 When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in
the streets.
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.
29:9 And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their
mouth.
29:10 And they that heard [me] blessed me, and their tongue clave to their
throat.
29:11 For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned
aside.
29:12 For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the
fatherless who had no helper.
29:13 Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of
the widow has blessed me.
29:14 Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a
mantle.
29:15 I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.
29:16 I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I
knew not.
29:17 And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out
of the midst of their teeth.
29:18 And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall
live a long while.
29:19 [My] root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my
crop.
29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and by bow prospered in his hand.
29:21 [Men] heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.
29:22 At my word they spoke not again, and they were very gland whenever I
spoke to them.
29:23 As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they [waited for] my
speech.
29:24 Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe [it]; and the light of
my face has not failed.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst
of warriors, as one comforting mourners. |
29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said,
29:2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
29:3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked
through darkness;
29:4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my
tabernacle;
29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
29:6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers
of oil;
29:7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat
in the street!
29:8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood
up.
29:9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of
their mouth.
29:11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it
gave witness to me:
29:12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him.
29:13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I
caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe
and a diadem.
29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
29:16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched
out.
29:17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his
teeth.
29:18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as
the sand.
29:19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon
my branch.
29:20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
29:21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
29:22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth
wide as for the latter rain.
29:24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my
countenance they cast not down.
29:25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army,
as one that comforteth the mourners. |