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