Job 29:1 Moreover Job347 continued3254 5375{Heb. added to take up} his parable,4912 and said,559 cr 2 Oh that5414 I were as in months3391 past,6924 as in the days3117 when God433 preserved8104 me; cr 3 When his candle5216{Or, lamp} shined1984 upon my head,7218 and when by his light216 I walked3212 through darkness;2822 cr 4 As I was in the days3117 of my youth,2779 when the secret5475 of God433 was upon my tabernacle;168 cr 5 When the Almighty7706 was yet with me, when my children5288 were about5439 me; cr 6 When I washed7364 my steps1978 with butter,2529 and the rock6697 poured me out6694{Heb. with me} rivers6388 of oil;8081 cr 7 When I went out3318 to the gate8179 through the city,7176 when I prepared3559 my seat4186 in the street!7339 cr 8 The young men5288 saw7200 me, and hid2244 themselves: and the aged3453 arose,6965 and stood up.5975 cr 9 The princes8269 refrained6113 talking,4405 and laid7760 their hand3709 on their mouth.6310 cr 10 The nobles5057 held2244 their peace,6963{Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid} and their tongue3956 cleaved1692 to the roof of their mouth.2441 cr 11 When the ear241 heard8085 me, then it blessed833 me; and when the eye5869 saw7200 me, it gave witness5749 to me: cr 12 Because I delivered4422 the poor6041 that cried,7768 and the fatherless,3490 and him that had none to help5826 him. cr 13 The blessing1293 of him that was ready to perish6 came935 upon me: and I caused the widow's490 heart3820 to sing for joy.7442 cr 14 I put3847 on righteousness,6664 and it clothed3847 me: my judgment4941 was as a robe4598 and a diadem.6797 cr 15 I was eyes5869 to the blind,5787 and feet7272 was I to the lame.6455 cr 16 I was a father1 to the poor:34 and the cause7379 which I knew3045 not I searched out.2713 cr 17 And I brake7665 the jaws4973{Heb. the jawteeth or the grinders} of the wicked,5767 and plucked7993{Heb. I cast} the spoil2964 out of his teeth.8127 cr 18 Then I said,559 I shall die1478 in my nest,7064 and I shall multiply7235 my days3117 as the sand.2344 cr 19 My root8328 was spread out6605{Heb. opened} by the waters,4325 and the dew2919 lay all night3885 upon my branch.7105 cr 20 My glory3519 was fresh2319{Heb. new} in me,5978 and my bow7198 was renewed2498{Heb. changed} in my hand.3027 cr 21 Unto me men gave ear,8085 and waited,3176 and kept silence1826 at3926 my counsel.6098 cr 22 After310 my words1697 they spake not again;8138 and my speech4405 dropped5197 upon them. cr 23 And they waited3176 for me as for the rain;4306 and they opened6473 their mouth6310 wide as for the latter rain.4456 cr 24 If I laughed7832 on them, they believed539 it not; and the light216 of my countenance6440 they cast not down.5307 cr 25 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 cr