1 Job again took up his parable, and said, WEB — Job 29:1
2 “Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me; WEB — Job 29:2
3 When his lamp shone on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness; WEB — Job 29:3
4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was in my tent; WEB — Job 29:4
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me; WEB — Job 29:5
6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured out streams of oil for me! WEB — Job 29:6
7 When I went forth to the city gate, When I prepared my seat in the street, WEB — Job 29:7
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, The aged rose up and stood; WEB — Job 29:8
9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth; WEB — Job 29:9
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. WEB — Job 29:10
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it commended me: WEB — Job 29:11
12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him. WEB — Job 29:12
13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. WEB — Job 29:13
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. WEB — Job 29:14
15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the lame. WEB — Job 29:15
16 I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out. WEB — Job 29:16
17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. WEB — Job 29:17
18 Then I said, ‘I shall die in my own house, I shall number my days as the sand. WEB — Job 29:18
19 My root is spread out to the waters, The dew lies all night on my branch; WEB — Job 29:19
20 My glory is fresh in me, My bow is renewed in my hand.’ WEB — Job 29:20
21 “Men listened to me, waited, And kept silence for my counsel. WEB — Job 29:21
22 After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them. WEB — Job 29:22
23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. WEB — Job 29:23
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face. WEB — Job 29:24
25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners. WEB — Job 29:25