moreover job continued his parable and said
oh that i were as in months past as in the days when god preserved
when his candle shined upon my head and when by his light i walked through darkness
as i was in the days of my youth when the secret of god was upon my tabernacle
when the almighty was yet with me when my children were about
when i washed my steps with butter and the rock poured me out rivers of oil
when i went out to the gate through the city when i prepared my seat in the street
the young men saw me and hid themselves and the aged arose and stood up
the princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their mouth
the nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth
when the ear heard me then it blessed me and when the eye saw me it gave witness
because i delivered the poor that cried and the fatherless and him that had none to help
the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me and i caused the widows heart to sing for joy
i put on righteousness and it clothed me my judgment was as a robe and a diadem
i was eyes to the blind and feet was i to the lame
i was a father to the poor and the cause which i knew not i searched out
and i brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth
then i said i shall die in my nest and i shall multiply my days as the sand
my root was spread out by the waters and the dew lay all night upon my branch
my glory was fresh in me and my bow was renewed in my hand
unto me men gave ear and waited and kept silence at my counsel
after my words they spake not again and my speech dropped
and they waited for me as for the rain and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain
if i laughed on them they believed it not and the light of my countenance they cast not down
i chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the army as one that comforteth the mourners