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