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| 1 And Job again took up his measure, and said, |
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| 2 Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me; |
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| 3 When his lamp shone over my head, by whose light, I could go through darkness; |
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| 4 As I was, in the days of my prime, when, the intimacy of GOD, was over my tent; |
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| 5 While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men; |
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| 6 When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil: |
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| 7 When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat, |
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| 8 Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose–they stood; |
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| 9 Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth; |
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| 10 The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave; |
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| 11 When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness; |
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| 12 Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; |
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| 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; |
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| 14 Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; |
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| 15 Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! |
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| 16 A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out; |
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| 17 And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,–and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey. |
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| 18 Then said I, Like a stem, shall I grow old, yea, as the sand, shall I multiply days: |
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| 19 My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs; |
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| 20 Mine honour, shall be young again with me, and, my bow, in my hand, be renewed. |
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| 21 To me, men hearkened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel; |
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| 22 After I had spoken, they spake not again, and, upon them, used my speech to drop; |
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| 23 And they waited, as for rain, for me, and, their mouths, they opened wide for the spring-rain; |
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| 24 I laughed at them–they lost confidence, and, the light of my countenance, they suffered not to fail; |
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| 25 I chose out their way, and sat chief,–and abode, as king, in an army, as one who, to mourners, giveth comfort. |
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