Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And Job continued
his discourse
:
And Job addeth
to
lift
up
his simile,
and
saith
: --
“How
I
long
for
the
months gone
by
, for
the days when
God
watched
over
me ,
Who
doth
make
me
as
`in'
months past
, As
`in'
the days of
God's
preserving
me ?
when
His lamp shone
above
my head, and
by His light I walked
through the
darkness ,
In
His causing
His
lamp to
shine
on
my head, By His light I walk
`
through '
darkness .
when
I was
in my prime
, when
the friendship
of God rested
on
my tent ,
As
I have
been
in days
of
my maturity
, And
the counsel
of God upon
my tent .
when the Almighty
was
still
with me and
my
children
were
around
me,
When yet
the Mighty
One
`is'
with me .
Round
about
me --
my
young
ones
,
when my steps
were
bathed
in
cream
and the rock poured
out
for
me streams
of oil !
When washing
my goings
with
butter,
And the firm
rock `is'
with
me rivulets
of oil .
When I went
out to the city
gate and
took
my
seat
in
the public
square
,
When I go
out to the gate by
the city
, In
a
broad
place
I
prepare
my
seat.
the
young
men
saw
me and withdrew
, and the old
men
rose
to
their
feet
.
Seen
me have
youths,
and they
, been
hidden,
And the aged
have
risen
--
they
stood
up
.
The
princes refrained
from
speaking
and covered
their
mouths
with
their hands
.
Princes have
kept
in
words,
And a
hand
they
place
on
their mouth
.
The voices
of the
nobles
were
hushed
, and their tongues
stuck
to the roofs
of
their
mouths
.
The voice
of leaders
hath
been
hidden
, And their tongue
to the palate
hath
cleaved
.
For those
who
heard me
called
me
blessed
, and those
who
saw
me
commended
me,
For the
ear
heard, and declareth
me happy
, And
the
eye
hath
seen,
and
testifieth
`to'
me.
because
I rescued
the poor
who cried
out
and the fatherless who had
no helper.
For
I deliver
the afflicted
who is
crying,
And the fatherless who hath
no helper.
The dying
man
blessed
me, and I
made
the widow’s
heart sing for
joy
.
The blessing
of
the
perishing
cometh
on
me, And the heart of
the
widow
I
cause
to
sing.
I put on righteousness
, and it clothed
me ;
justice
was
my
robe and my turban
.
Righteousness
I have
put on, and it clotheth
me ,
As
a
robe and a
diadem
my justice
.
I
served
as
eyes to the blind and as
feet to the lame.
Eyes I
have
been
to the blind ,
And feet to the lame `am'
I
.
I
was
a father to the needy, and I
took
up
the case
of
the
stranger
.
A father I
`am'
to the needy, And the cause
I
have
not
known
I
search
out
.
I shattered
the fangs
of the unjust
and snatched
the
prey
from his teeth.
And
I break
the jaw-teeth
of the perverse,
And from his teeth I
cast
away
prey
.
So
I
thought:
‘
I will
die
in
my nest and multiply
my
days
as the sand.
And
I say,
`With
my nest I
expire,
And as the sand I
multiply
days
. '
My roots
will
spread
out
to
the waters, and the
dew will
rest
nightly
on my branches
.
My root
is
open
unto
the waters, And dew doth
lodge
on my branch
.
My glory
is ever
new
within
me, and my bow is
renewed
in my hand. ’
My honour
`
is '
fresh
with
me, And my bow in my hand is
renewed
.
Men
listened
to me with
expectation
, waiting
silently
for my counsel.
To me they
have
hearkened
, Yea,
they
wait,
and
are
silent
for my counsel.
After my words,
they spoke
no
more;
my
speech
settled
on them like
dew.
After my word
they change
not,
And
on them doth
my
speech
drop,
They waited
for me as for rain and
drank
in
my
words
like
spring
showers
.
And
they wait
as
`
for '
rain
for
me ,
And
their
mouth
they
have
opened
wide
`
As '
for the
latter
rain.
If
I smiled
at
them ,
they did
not
believe
it;
the light of my countenance
was
precious
.
I laugh
unto
them --
they give
no
credence,
And
the light of my face
cause
not
to
fall
.
I chose
their course
and presided
as
chief.
So
I dwelt
as a king among
his
troops,
as
a comforter
of
the
mourners.
I choose
their way,
and sit
head,
And
I dwell
as a king in
a troop,
When
mourners he
doth
comfort
.
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