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1. 縦 ε
1. Job continued his discourse:
2. ް ϳ ȣϽô Ǿ-
2. "How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3. Ӹ Ծ Ͽ Ͽ϶
3. when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
4. ϴ - ϳ 帷 ־
4. Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,
5. ڰ Բ ڳ ѷ ־
5. when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6. Ͱ 븦 ı ݼ Ͽ ⸧ó
6. when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7. ̸⵵ ϸ ڸ Ÿ Ǯ⵵ Ͽ϶
7. "When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
8. ҳ ε Ͼ
8. the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
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9. the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10. ε Ҹ ϴ õ忡 پ϶
10. the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11. Ͱ Ͽ ູϰ Ͽ Ͽ
11. Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
12. ̴ θ¢ ΰ Ƹ ̶
12. because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist him.
13. ϰ ڵ Ͽ Ͽ ⻵ 뷡Ͽ϶
13. The man who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.
14. Ƿ Ծ Ǵ Ҿ϶
14. I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
15. Ұ ǰ ҹ ߵ ǰ
15. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16. ƺ Ǹ Ͽ ־
16. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
17. ݴϸ ջ̿ Ż ϶
17. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18. ϱ⸦ ڸ ϸ 𷡰 ̶
18. "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19. Ѹ  ̽
19. My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20. ο Ȱ տ Ͽ϶ Ͽ
20. My glory will remain fresh in me, the bow ever new in my hand.'
21. ġ⸦ ٸٰ
21. "Men listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
22. Ŀ ׵ Ͽ ׵鿡 ̽ ̴϶
22. After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
23. ׵ ٶ⸦ Ͽ ⸦ ٸ ϿǷ
23. They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24. ׵ ԼϿ ϸ ׵ ϰ ƴϿ϶
24. When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
25. ׵ ϰ ɾҾ ߿ Ե Ұ ְϴ ڸ ϴ Ҿ϶
25. I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.