Job 29 — BST
29Verse 1And Job continued and said in his parable,Verse 2Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!Verse 3As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.Verse 4As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, when God took care of my house.Verse 5When I was very fruitful, and my children were about me;Verse 6when my ways were moistened with butter, and the mountains flowed for me with milk.Verse 7When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets.Verse 8The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up.Verse 9And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth.Verse 10And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat.Verse 11For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside.Verse 12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.Verse 13Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.Verse 14Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle.Verse 15I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame.Verse 16I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.Verse 17And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.Verse 18And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.Verse 19My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.Verse 20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow prospered in his hand.Verse 21Men heard me, and gave heed, and they were silent at my counsel.Verse 22At my word they spoke not again, and they were very glad whenever I spoke to them.Verse 23As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, so they waited for my speech.Verse 24Were I to laugh on them, they would not believe it; and the light of my face has not failed.Verse 25I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the midst of warriors, as one comforting mourners.