The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.
Job Recalls His Former Glory |
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Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Oh that I were as in months past,
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as in the days when God perserved me; |
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when his candle shined upon my head,
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and when by his light I walked through darkness; |
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as I was in the days of my youth,
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when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; |
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when the Almighty was yet with me,
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when my children were about me; |
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when I washed my steps with butter,
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and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; |
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when I went out to the gate through the city,
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when I prepared my seat in the street! |
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The young men saw me, and hid themselves:
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and the aged arose, and stood up. |
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The princes refrained talking,
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and laid their hand on their mouth. |
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The nobles held their peace,
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and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. |
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When the ear heard me, then it blessed me;
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and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: |
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because I delivered the poor that cried,
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and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. |
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
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and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. |
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me:
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my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. |
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I was eyes to the blind,
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and feet was I to the lame. |
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I was a father to the poor:
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and the cause which I knew not I searched out. |
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked,
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and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. |
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest,
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and I shall multiply my days as the sand. |
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My root was spread out by the waters,
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and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
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My glory was fresh in me,
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and my bow was renewed in my hand. |
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Unto me men gave ear, and waited,
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and kept silence at my counsel. |
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After my words they spake not again;
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and my speech dropped upon them. |
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And they waited for me as for the rain;
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and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. |
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If I laughed on them, they believed it not;
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and the light of my countenance they cast not down. |
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I chose out their way, and sat chief,
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and dwelt as a king in the army, |
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as one that comforteth the mourners. |
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