Job 29

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1 Job continuó así su discurso:1 Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:
2 «¡Si pudiera revivir el pasado, | cuando Dios velaba sobre mí,2 Who will grant me, that I might be according to the months past, according to the days in which God kept me?
3 cuando su lámpara brillaba | por encima de mi cabeza, | y a su luz cruzaba las tinieblas!3 When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?
4 ¡Aquellos días de mi otoño, | cuando Dios era un íntimo en mi tienda,4 As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
5 cuando el Todopoderoso estaba conmigo | y me veía rodeado de mis hijos!5 When the Almighty was with me: and my servants round about me?
6 Cuando lavaba mis pies en leche, | y la roca me daba ríos de aceite.6 When I washed my feet with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil?
7 Cuando salía a la puerta de la ciudad | y tomaba asiento en la plaza,7 When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?
8 los jóvenes, al verme, se escondían, | los ancianos se ponían de pie;8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the old men rose up and stood.
9 los jefes dejaban de hablar, | tapándose la boca con la mano;9 The princes ceased to speak, and laid the finger on their mouth.
10 enmudecía la voz de los notables, | se les pegaba la lengua al paladar.10 The rulers held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to their throat.
11 La gente que me oía me felicitaba, | quien lo veía luego lo confirmaba:11 The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me:
12 pues yo libraba al pobre suplicante, | al huérfano carente de defensor;12 Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
13 recibía la bendición del moribundo, | aliviaba el corazón de la viuda.13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
14 La justicia era mi vestido, | me arropaba lo mismo que un manto, | y el derecho me servía de turbante.14 I was clad with justice: and I clothed myself with my judgment, as with a robe and a diadem.
15 Yo era ojos para el ciego, | yo fui pies para los cojos;15 I was an eye to the blind, and a foot to the lame.
16 yo era padre de los pobres, | abogado de extranjeros.16 I was the father of the poor: and the cause which I knew not, I searched out most diligently.
17 Rompía los colmillos del malvado | y arrancaba la pieza de sus dientes.17 I broke the jaws of the wicked man, and out of his teeth I took away the prey.
18 Pensaba: “Moriré en mi nido, | prolongaré mis días como el Fénix,18 And I said: I shall die in my nest, and as a palm tree shall multiply my days.
19 con mis raíces a la vera del agua | y el rocío nocturno en mi ramaje;19 My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.
20 mi prestigio irá progresando | y mi arco afianzado en mi mano”.20 My glory shall always be renewed, and my bow in my hand shall be repaired.
21 La gente me escuchaba expectante, | callada, esperando mi consejo;21 They that heard me, waited for my sentence, and being attentive held their peace at my counsel.
22 nada añadían a mi intervención, | tenían mis palabras por rocío;22 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.
23 me esperaban como a lluvia temprana, | boquiabiertos al agua de primavera.23 They waited for me as for rain, and they opened their mouth as for a latter shower.
24 Les sonreía y apenas lo creían, | los animaba la luz de mi rostro.24 If at any time I laughed on them, they believed not, and the light of my countenance fell not on earth.
25 Les mostraba el camino y me ponía al frente; | lo mismo que un rey al mando de sus tropas, | yo los guiaba y se dejaban conducir.25 If I had a mind to go to them, I sat first, and when I sat as a king, with his army standing about him, yet I was a comforter of them that mourned.