Job 29 - UPDV Updated Bible Version

^29:1 And Job again took up his parable, and said,
^29:2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;
^29:3 When his lamp shined on my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;
^29:4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was on my tent;
^29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;
^29:6 When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!
^29:7 When I went forth to the gate to the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,
^29:8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
^29:9 The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
^29:10 The voice of the leaders was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
^29:11 For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me; And when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me:
^29:12 Because I delivered the poor who cried, The fatherless also, who had none to help him.
^29:13 The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
^29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
^29:15 I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.
^29:16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him who I didn't know I searched out.
^29:17 And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
^29:18 Then I said, I will die in my nest, And I will multiply my days as the sand:
^29:19 My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch;
^29:20 My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
^29:21 To me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
^29:22 After my words they did not speak again; And my speech distilled on them.
^29:23 And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.
^29:24 I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
^29:25 I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, And stayed as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners.

Job, Chapter 29