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1 - And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

2 - Who doth make me as <FI>in<Fi> months past, As <FI>in<Fi> the days of God's preserving me?

3 - In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk <FI>through<Fi> darkness.

4 - As I have been in days of my maturity, And the counsel of God upon my tent.

5 - When yet the Mighty One <FI>is<Fi> with me. Round about me--my young ones,

6 - When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock <FI>is<Fi> with me rivulets of oil.

7 - When I go out to the gate by the city, In a broad place I prepare my seat.

8 - Seen me have youths, and they, been hidden, And the aged have risen--they stood up.

9 - Princes have kept in words, And a hand they place on their mouth.

10 - The voice of leaders hath been hidden, And their tongue to the palate hath cleaved.

11 - For the ear heard, and declareth me happy, And the eye hath seen, and testifieth <FI>to<Fi> me.

12 - For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, And the fatherless who hath no helper.

13 - The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

14 - Righteousness I have put on, and it clotheth me, As a robe and a diadem my justice.

15 - Eyes I have been to the blind, And feet to the lame <FI>am<Fi> I.

16 - A father I <FI>am<Fi> to the needy, And the cause I have not known I search out.

17 - And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

18 - And I say, `With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'

19 - My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

20 - My honour <FI>is<Fi> fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.

21 - To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

22 - After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

23 - And they wait as <FI>for<Fi> rain for me, And their mouth they have opened wide <FI>As<Fi> for the latter rain.

24 - I laugh unto them--they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

25 - I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.