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Moreover Job[H347]continued[H3254] his parable[H4912], and said[H559],
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Oh that[H5414] I were as in months[H3391]past[H6924], as in the days[H3117] when God[H433]preserved[H8104] me;
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When his candle[H5216]shined[H1984] upon my head[H7218], and when by his light[H216] I walked[H3212] through darkness[H2822];
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As I was in the days[H3117] of my youth[H2779], when the secret[H5475] of God[H433] was upon my tabernacle[H168];
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When the Almighty[H7706] was yet with me, when my children[H5288] were about[H5439] me;
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When I washed[H7364] my steps[H1978] with butter[H2529], and the rock[H6697] poured me out[H6694]rivers[H6388] of oil[H8081];
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When I went out[H3318] to the gate[H8179] through the city[H7176], when I prepared[H3559] my seat[H4186] in the street[H7339]!
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The young men[H5288]saw[H7200] me, and hid[H2244] themselves: and the aged[H3453]arose[H6965], and stood up[H5975].
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The princes[H8269]refrained[H6113]talking[H4405], and laid[H7760] their hand[H3709] on their mouth[H6310].
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The nobles[H5057]held[H2244] their peace[H6963], and their tongue[H3956]cleaved[H1692] to the roof of their mouth[H2441].
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When the ear[H241]heard[H8085] me, then it blessed[H833] me; and when the eye[H5869]saw[H7200] me, it gave witness[H5749] to me:
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Because I delivered[H4422] the poor[H6041] that cried[H7768], and the fatherless[H3490], and him that had none to help[H5826] him.
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The blessing[H1293] of him that was ready to perish[H6]came[H935] upon me: and I caused the widow's heart[H3820] to sing for joy[H7442].
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I put[H3847] on righteousness[H6664], and it clothed[H3847] me: my judgment[H4941] was as a robe[H4598] and a diadem[H6797].
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I was eyes[H5869] to the blind[H5787], and feet[H7272] was I to the lame[H6455].
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I was a father[H1] to the poor[H34]: and the cause[H7379] which I knew[H3045] not I searched out[H2713].
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And I brake[H7665] the jaws[H4973] of the wicked[H5767], and plucked[H7993] the spoil[H2964] out of his teeth[H8127].
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Then I said[H559], I shall die[H1478] in my nest[H7064], and I shall multiply[H7235] my days[H3117] as the sand[H2344].
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My root[H8328] was spread out[H6605] by the waters[H4325], and the dew[H2919] lay all night[H3885] upon my branch[H7105].
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My glory[H3519] was fresh[H2319] in me[H5978], and my bow[H7198] was renewed[H2498] in my hand[H3027].
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Unto me men gave ear[H8085], and waited[H3176], and kept silence[H1826]at[H3926] my counsel[H6098].
22After[H310] my words[H1697] they spake not again[H8138]; and my speech[H4405]dropped[H5197] upon them.
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And they waited[H3176] for me as for the rain[H4306]; and they opened[H6473] their mouth[H6310] wide as for the latter rain[H4456].
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If I laughed[H7832] on them, they believed[H539] it not; and the light[H216] of my countenance[H6440] they cast not down[H5307].
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I chose[H977] out their way[H1870], and sat[H3427]chief[H7218], and dwelt[H7931] as a king[H4428] in the army[H1416], as one that comforteth[H5162] the mourners[H57].