<vn='1'><sn="3254">Moreover</s><sn="347">Job</s><sn="5375">continued</s> his <sn="4912">parable</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, </v>
<vn='2'>Oh <sn="4310">that</s> I <sn="5414">were</s> as in <sn="3391">months</s><sn="6924">past</s>, as in the <sn="3117">days</s> when <sn="433">God</s><sn="8104">preserved</s> me; </v>
<vn='3'>When his <sn="5216">candle</s><sn="1984">shined</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="7218">head</s>, and when by his <sn="216">light</s> I <sn="1980">walked</s> through <sn="2822">darkness</s>; </v>
<vn='4'><sn="834">As</s> I <sn="1961">was</s> in the <sn="3117">days</s> of my <sn="2779">youth</s>, when the <sn="5475">secret</s> of <sn="433">God</s> was <sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="168">tabernacle</s>; </v>
<vn='5'>When the <sn="7706">Almighty</s> was <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="5978">with</s> me, when my <sn="5288">children</s> were <sn="5439">about</s> me; </v>
<vn='6'>When I <sn="7364">washed</s> my <sn="1978">steps</s> with <sn="2529">butter</s>, and the <sn="6697">rock</s> poured me <sn="6694 5978">out</s><sn="6388">rivers</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s>; </v>
<vn='7'>When I went <sn="3318">out</s> to the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="5921">through</s> the <sn="7176">city</s>, when I <sn="3559">prepared</s> my <sn="4186">seat</s> in the <sn="7339">street</s>! </v>
<vn='8'>The young <sn="5288">men</s><sn="7200">saw</s> me, and hid <sn="2244">themselves</s>: and the <sn="3453">aged</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and stood <sn="5975">up</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="6113">refrained</s><sn="4405">talking</s>, and <sn="7760">laid</s> their <sn="3709">hand</s> on their <sn="6310">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>The <sn="5057">nobles</s><sn="2244">held</s> their <sn="6963">peace</s>, and their <sn="3956">tongue</s><sn="1692">cleaved</s> to the roof of their <sn="2441">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">When</s> the <sn="241">ear</s><sn="8085">heard</s> me, then it <sn="833">blessed</s> me; and when the <sn="5869">eye</s><sn="7200">saw</s> me, it gave <sn="5749">witness</s> to me: </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">Because</s> I <sn="4422">delivered</s> the <sn="6041">poor</s> that <sn="7768">cried</s>, and the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, and him that had <sn="3808">none</s> to <sn="5826">help</s> him. </v>
<vn='13'>The <sn="1293">blessing</s> of him that was ready to <sn="6">perish</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me: and I caused the <sn="490">widow</s> 's <sn="3820">heart</s> to sing for <sn="7442">joy</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>I put <sn="3847">on</s><sn="6664">righteousness</s>, and it <sn="3847">clothed</s> me: my <sn="4941">judgment</s> was as a <sn="4598">robe</s> and a <sn="6797">diadem</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>I <sn="1961">was</s><sn="5869">eyes</s> to the <sn="5787">blind</s>, and <sn="7272">feet</s> was <sn="589">I</s> to the <sn="6455">lame</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="595">I</s> was a <sn="1">father</s> to the <sn="34">poor</s>: and the <sn="7379">cause</s> which I <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s> I searched <sn="2713">out</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And I <sn="7665">broke</s> the <sn="4973">jaws</s> of the <sn="5767">wicked</s>, and <sn="7993">plucked</s> the <sn="2964">spoil</s> out of his <sn="4480 8127">teeth</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Then I <sn="559">said</s>, I shall <sn="1478">die</s><sn="5973">in</s> my <sn="7064">nest</s>, and I shall <sn="7235">multiply</s> my <sn="3117">days</s> as the <sn="2344">sand</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>My <sn="8328">root</s> was spread <sn="6605">out</s><sn="413">by</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s>, and the <sn="2919">dew</s> lay all <sn="3885">night</s> upon my <sn="7105">branch</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>My <sn="3519">glory</s> was <sn="2319">fresh</s><sn="5978">in</s> me, and my <sn="7198">bow</s> was <sn="2498">renewed</s> in my <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Unto me men gave <sn="8085">ear</s>, and <sn="3176">waited</s>, and kept <sn="1826">silence</s><sn="3926">at</s> my <sn="6098">counsel</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="310">After</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> they spoke not <sn="8138 3808">again</s> and my <sn="4405">speech</s><sn="5197">dropped</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='23'>And they <sn="3176">waited</s> for me as for the <sn="4306">rain</s>; and they <sn="6473">opened</s> their <sn="6310">mouth</s> wide as for the latter <sn="4456">rain</s>. </v>
<vn='24'> If I <sn="7832">laughed</s><sn="413">on</s> them, they <sn="539">believed</s> it <sn="3808">not</s>; and the <sn="216">light</s> of my <sn="6440">countenance</s> they cast not <sn="5307 3808">down</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>I chose <sn="977">out</s> their <sn="1870">way</s>, and <sn="3427">sat</s><sn="7218">chief</s>, and <sn="7931">dwelt</s> as a <sn="4428">king</s> in the <sn="1416">army</s>, <sn="834">as</s> one that <sn="5162">comforteth</s> the <sn="57">mourners</s>. </v>