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And Job again took up his parable, and said,

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;

The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

For when the ear heard me', then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me', it gave witness unto me:

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide `as' for the latter rain.

Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.

My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.