Moreover Job³⁴⁷ continued³²⁵⁴ his parable,⁴⁹¹² and said,⁵⁵⁹

Oh that⁵⁴¹⁴ I were as in months³³⁹¹ past,⁶⁹²⁴ as in the days³¹¹⁷ when Eloah⁴³³ preserved⁸¹⁰⁴ me;

When his candle⁵²¹⁶ shined¹⁹⁸⁴ upon my head,⁷²¹⁸ and when by his light²¹⁶ I walked³²¹² through darkness;²⁸²²

As I was in the days³¹¹⁷ of my youth,²⁷⁷⁹ when the secret⁵⁴⁷⁵ of Eloah⁴³³ was upon my tabernacle;¹⁶⁸

When the Almighty⁷⁷⁰⁶ was yet with me, when my children⁵²⁸⁸ were about⁵⁴³⁹ me;

When I washed⁷³⁶⁴ my steps¹⁹⁷⁸ with butter,²⁵²⁹ and the rock⁶⁶⁹⁷ poured me out⁶⁶⁹⁴ rivers⁶³⁸⁸ of oil;⁸⁰⁸¹

When I went out³³¹⁸ to the gate⁸¹⁷⁹ through the city,⁷¹⁷⁶ when I prepared³⁵⁵⁹ my seat⁴¹⁸⁶ in the street!⁷³³⁹

The young men⁵²⁸⁸ saw⁷²⁰⁰ me, and hid²²⁴⁴ themselves: and the aged³⁴⁵³ arose,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and stood up.⁵⁹⁷⁵

The princes⁸²⁶⁹ refrained⁶¹¹³ talking,⁴⁴⁰⁵ and laid⁷⁷⁶⁰ their hand³⁷⁰⁹ on their mouth.⁶³¹⁰

The nobles⁵⁰⁵⁷ held²²⁴⁴ their peace,⁶⁹⁶³ and their tongue³⁹⁵⁶ cleaved¹⁶⁹² to the roof of their mouth.²⁴⁴¹

When the ear²⁴¹ heard⁸⁰⁸⁵ me, then it blessed⁸³³ me; and when the eye⁵⁸⁶⁹ saw⁷²⁰⁰ me, it gave witness⁵⁷⁴⁹ to me:

Because I delivered⁴⁴²² the poor⁶⁰⁴¹ that cried,⁷⁷⁶⁸ and the fatherless,³⁴⁹⁰ and him that had none to help⁵⁸²⁶ him.

The blessing¹²⁹³ of him that was ready to perish⁶ came⁹³⁵ upon me: and I caused the widow's⁴⁹⁰ heart³⁸²⁰ to sing for joy.⁷⁴⁴²

I put on³⁸⁴⁷ righteousness,⁶⁶⁶⁴ and it clothed³⁸⁴⁷ me: my judgment⁴⁹⁴¹ was as a robe⁴⁵⁹⁸ and a diadem.⁶⁷⁹⁷

I was eyes⁵⁸⁶⁹ to the blind,⁵⁷⁸⁷ and feet⁷²⁷² was I to the lame.⁶⁴⁵⁵

I was a father¹ to the poor:³⁴ and the cause⁷³⁷⁹ which I knew³⁰⁴⁵ not I searched out.²⁷¹³

And I brake⁷⁶⁶⁵ the jaws⁴⁹⁷³ of the wicked,⁵⁷⁶⁷ and plucked⁷⁹⁹³ the spoil²⁹⁶⁴ out of his teeth.⁸¹²⁷

Then I said,⁵⁵⁹ I shall die¹⁴⁷⁸ in my nest,⁷⁰⁶⁴ and I shall multiply⁷²³⁵ my days³¹¹⁷ as the sand.²³⁴⁴

My root⁸³²⁸ was spread out⁶⁶⁰⁵ by the waters,⁴³²⁵ and the dew²⁹¹⁹ lay all night³⁸⁸⁵ upon my branch.⁷¹⁰⁵

My glory³⁵¹⁹ was fresh²³¹⁹ in me,⁵⁹⁷⁸ and my bow⁷¹⁹⁸ was renewed²⁴⁹⁸ in my hand.³⁰²⁷

Unto me men gave ear,⁸⁰⁸⁵ and waited,³¹⁷⁶ and kept silence¹⁸²⁶ at³⁹²⁶ my counsel.⁶⁰⁹⁸

After³¹⁰ my words¹⁶⁹⁷ they spake not again;⁸¹³⁸ and my speech⁴⁴⁰⁵ dropped⁵¹⁹⁷ upon them.

And they waited³¹⁷⁶ for me as for the rain;⁴³⁰⁶ and they opened⁶⁴⁷³ their mouth⁶³¹⁰ wide as for the latter rain.⁴⁴⁵⁶

If I laughed⁷⁸³² on them, they believed⁵³⁹ it not; and the light²¹⁶ of my countenance⁶⁴⁴⁰ they cast not down.⁵³⁰⁷

I chose⁹⁷⁷ out their way,¹⁸⁷⁰ and sat³⁴²⁷ chief,⁷²¹⁸ and dwelt⁷⁹³¹ as a king⁴⁴²⁸ in the army,¹⁴¹⁶ as one that comforteth⁵¹⁶² the mourners.⁵⁷