ASV_Strong : Job 29
1. And Job[H347] again[H3254] took up his parable[H4912], and said[H559],
2. Oh that[H5414] I were as in the months[H3391] of old[H6924], As in the days[H3117] when God[H433] watched over me[H8104];
3. When his lamp[H5216] shined[H1984] upon my head[H7218], And by his light[H216] I walked[H3212] through darkness[H2822];
4. As I was in the ripeness[H2779] of my days[H3117], When the friendship[H5475] of God[H433] was upon my tent[H168];
5. When the Almighty[H7706] was yet with me[H5288], And my children were about me[H5439];
6. When my steps[H1978] were washed[H7364] with butter[H2529], And the rock[H6697] poured me out[H6694] streams[H6388] of oil[H8081]!
7. When I went forth[H3318] to the gate[H8179] unto the city[H7176], When I prepared[H3559] my seat[H4186] in the street[H7339],
8. The young men[H5288] saw[H7200] me and hid[H2244] themselves[H3453], And the aged rose up[H6965] and stood[H5975];
9. The princes[H8269] refrained[H6113] from talking[H4405], And laid[H7760] their hand[H3709] on their mouth[H6310];
10. The voice[H2244] of the nobles[H5057] was hushed[H6963], And their tongue[H3956] cleaved[H1692] to the roof of their mouth[H2441].
11. For when the ear[H241] heard[H8085] me[H833], then it blessed me[H5869]; And when the eye saw[H7200] me[H5749], it gave witness unto me:
12. Because I delivered[H4422] the poor[H6041] that cried[H7768], The fatherless[H3490] also[H5826], that had none to help him.
13. The blessing[H1293] of him that was ready to perish[H6] came[H935] upon me[H490]; And I caused the widow's heart[H3820] to sing for joy[H7442].
14. I put[H3847] on righteousness[H6664], and it clothed[H3847] me[H4941]: My justice was as a robe[H4598] and a diadem[H6797].
15. I was eyes[H5869] to the blind[H5787], And feet[H7272] was I to the lame[H6455].
16. I was a father[H1] to the needy[H34]: And the cause[H7379] of him that I knew[H3045] not I searched out[H2713].
17. And I brake[H7665] the jaws[H4973] of the unrighteous[H5767], And plucked[H7993] the prey[H2964] out of his teeth[H8127].
18. Then I said[H559], I shall die[H1478] in my nest[H7064], And I shall multiply[H7235] my days[H3117] as the sand[H2344]:
19. My root[H8328] is spread out[H6605] to the waters[H4325], And the dew[H2919] lieth all night[H3885] upon my branch[H7105];
20. My glory[H3519] is fresh[H2319] in me[H5978], And my bow[H7198] is renewed[H2498] in my hand[H3027].
21. Unto me men gave ear[H8085], and waited[H3176], And kept silence[H1826] for[H3926] my counsel[H6098].
22. After[H310] my words[H1697] they spake not again[H8138]; And my speech[H4405] distilled upon them[H5197].
23. And they waited[H3176] for me as for the rain[H4306]; And they opened[H6473] their mouth[H6310] wide as for the latter rain[H4456].
24. I smiled[H7832] on them[H539], when they had no confidence; And the light[H216] of my countenance[H6440] they cast not down[H5307].
25. I chose[H977] out their way[H1870], and sat[H3427] as chief[H7218], And dwelt[H7931] as a king[H4428] in the army[H1416], As one that comforteth[H5162] the mourners[H57].
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