Job 29 — ENGLXXUP

29 Verse 1 And Job continued and said in his parable, ^{Verse 2} Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me! ^{Verse 3} As when his lamp shone over my head; ^{Verse 4} As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, ^{Verse 5} When I was very fruitful, ^{Verse 6} When my ways were moistened with butter, ^{Verse 7} When I went forth early in the city, ^{Verse 8} The young men saw me, and hid themselves: ^{Verse 9} And the great men ceased speaking, ^{Verse 10} And they that heard me blessed me, ^{Verse 11} For the ear heard, and blessed me; ^{Verse 12} For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, ^{Verse 13} Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; ^{Verse 14} Also I put on righteousness, ^{Verse 15} I was the eye of the blind, ^{Verse 16} I was the father of the helpless; ^{Verse 17} And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; ^{Verse 18} And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; ^{Verse 19} My root was spread out by the water, ^{Verse 20} My glory was fresh in me, ^{Verse 21} Men heard me, and gave heed, ^{Verse 22} At my word they spoke not again, ^{Verse 23} As the thirsty earth expecting the rain, ^{Verse 24} Were I to laugh at them, they would not believe it; ^{Verse 25} I chose out their way, and sat chief,