¹ H347 Moreover Job H3254 continued [H8686]   H5375   [H8800]   H4912 his parable H559 , and said [H8799]  ,

² H5414 Oh that [H8799]   H3391 I were as in months H6924 past H3117 , as in the days H433 when God H8104 preserved [H8799]   me;

³ H5216 When his candle H1984 shined [H8800]   H7218 upon my head H216 , and when by his light H3212 I walked [H8799]   H2822 through darkness;

⁴ H3117 As I was in the days H2779 of my youth H5475 , when the secret H433 of God H168 was upon my tabernacle;

⁵ H7706 When the Almighty H5288 was yet with me, when my children H5439 were about me;

⁶ H7364 When I washed [H8800]   H1978 my steps H2529 with butter H6697 , and the rock H6694 poured me out [H8799]   H6388 rivers H8081 of oil;

⁷ H3318 When I went out [H8800]   H8179 to the gate H7176 through the city H3559 , when I prepared [H8686]   H4186 my seat H7339 in the street!

⁸ H5288 The young men H7200 saw [H8804]   H2244 me, and hid [H8738]   H3453 themselves: and the aged H6965 arose [H8804]   H5975 , and stood up [H8804]  .

⁹ H8269 The princes H6113 refrained [H8804]   H4405 talking H7760 , and laid [H8799]   H3709 their hand H6310 on their mouth.

¹⁰ H5057 The nobles H2244 held [H8738]   H6963 their peace H3956 , and their tongue H1692 cleaved [H8804]   H2441 to the roof of their mouth.

¹¹ H241 When the ear H8085 heard [H8804]   H833 me, then it blessed [H8762]   H5869 me; and when the eye H7200 saw [H8804]   H5749 me, it gave witness [H8686]   to me:

¹² H4422 Because I delivered [H8762]   H6041 the poor H7768 that cried [H8764]   H3490 , and the fatherless H5826 , and him that had none to help [H8802]   him.

¹³ H1293 The blessing H6 of him that was ready to perish [H8802]   H935 came [H8799]   H490 upon me: and I caused the widow's H3820 heart H7442 to sing for joy [H8686]  .

¹⁴ H3847 I put [H8804]   H6664 on righteousness H3847 , and it clothed [H8799]   H4941 me: my judgment H4598 was as a robe H6797 and a diadem.

¹⁵ H5869 I was eyes H5787 to the blind H7272 , and feet H6455 was I to the lame.

¹⁶ H1 I was a father H34 to the poor H7379 : and the cause H3045 which I knew [H8804]   H2713 not I searched out [H8799]  .

¹⁷ H7665 And I brake [H8762]   H4973 the jaws H5767 of the wicked H7993 , and plucked [H8686]   H2964 the spoil H8127 out of his teeth.

¹⁸ H559 Then I said [H8799]   H1478 , I shall die [H8799]   H7064 in my nest H7235 , and I shall multiply [H8686]   H3117 my days H2344 as the sand.

¹⁹ H8328 My root H6605 was spread out [H8803]   H4325 by the waters H2919 , and the dew H3885 lay all night [H8799]   H7105 upon my branch.

²⁰ H3519 My glory H2319 was fresh H5978 in me H7198 , and my bow H2498 was renewed [H8686]   H3027 in my hand.

²¹ H8085 Unto me men gave ear [H8804]   H3176 , and waited [H8765]   H1826 , and kept silence [H8799]   H3926 at H6098 my counsel.

²² H310 After H1697 my words H8138 they spake not again [H8799]   H4405 ; and my speech H5197 dropped [H8799]   upon them.

²³ H3176 And they waited [H8765]   H4306 for me as for the rain H6473 ; and they opened [H8804]   H6310 their mouth H4456 wide as for the latter rain.

²⁴ H7832 If I laughed [H8799]   H539 on them, they believed [H8686]   H216 it not; and the light H6440 of my countenance H5307 they cast not down [H8686]  .

²⁵ H977 I chose [H8799]   H1870 out their way H3427 , and sat [H8799]   H7218 chief H7931 , and dwelt [H8799]   H4428 as a king H1416 in the army H5162 , as one that comforteth [H8762]   H57 the mourners.