Job 29

1 ♥ 📝 A nd 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^H8104 over me;

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, And my children^H5288 were about^H5439 me;

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, And the aged^H3453 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], then it blessed^H833 me; And when the eye^H5869 saw^H7200 [me], it gave witness^H5749 unto me:

12 ♥ 📝 Because I delivered^H4422 the poor^H6041 that cried,^H7768 The fatherless^H3490 also, that had none to help^H5826 him.

13 ♥ 📝 The blessing^H1293 of him that was ready to perish^H6 came^H935 upon me; And I caused the widow's^H490 heart^H3820 to sing for joy.^H7442

14 ♥ 📝 I put^H3847 on righteousness,^H6664 and it clothed^H3847 me: My justice^H4941 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^H5197 upon them.

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, when they had no confidence;^H539 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