1	Moreover Job continued# # # his parable, and said# , [continued: Heb. added to take up]
			2	Oh that# I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved# me;
			3	When his candle shined# upon my head, and when by his light I walked# through darkness; [candle: or, lamp]
			4	As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
			5	When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
			6	When I washed# my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out# rivers of oil; [me: Heb. with me]
			7	When I went out# to the gate through the city, when I prepared# my seat in the street!
			8	The young men saw# me, and hid# themselves: and the aged arose# , and stood up# .
			9	The princes refrained# talking, and laid# their hand on their mouth.
			10	The nobles held# their peace, and their tongue cleaved# to the roof of their mouth. [The nobles...: Heb. The voice of the nobles was hid]
			11	When the ear heard# me , then it blessed# me; and when the eye saw# me , it gave witness# to me:
			12	Because I delivered# the poor that cried# , and the fatherless, and him that had none to help# him.
			13	The blessing of him that was ready to perish# came# upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy# .
			14	I put# on righteousness, and it clothed# me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
			15	I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
			16	I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew# not I searched out# .
			17	And I brake# the jaws of the wicked, and plucked# the spoil out of his teeth. [the jaws: Heb. the jawteeth, or, the grinders] [plucked: Heb. cast]
			18	Then I said# , I shall die# in my nest, and I shall multiply# my days as the sand.
			19	My root was spread out# by the waters, and the dew lay all night# upon my branch. [spread...: Heb. opened]
			20	My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed# in my hand. [fresh: Heb. new] [renewed: Heb. changed]
			21	Unto me men gave ear# , and waited# , and kept silence# at my counsel.
			22	After my words they spake not again# ; and my speech dropped# upon them.
			23	And they waited# for me as for the rain; and they opened# their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
			24	If I laughed# on them, they believed# it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down# .
			25	I chose# out their way, and sat# chief, and dwelt# as a king in the army, as one that comforteth# the mourners.