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