Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
约伯继续他的讲论，说，

Oh that I were as in the months of old, / As in the days when God watched over me;
惟愿我的景况如从前的月分，如神保守我的日子；

When His lamp shone over my head, / And by His light I walked through darkness;
那时祂的灯照在我头上，我借祂的光行过黑暗。

As I was in the days of my prime, / When intimate counsel with God was over my tent;
我愿如壮年的日子，那时神眷临我的帐棚，给我亲密的指教；

When the Almighty was yet with me, / And my children were around me;
全能者仍与我同在，我的儿女都环绕我；

When my steps were bathed in milk, / And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
我的脚在奶中洗濯，磐石为我出油成河！

When I went out to the gate of the city, / When I prepared my seat in the square,
我出到城门，在广场设立我的座位，

The young men saw me and hid themselves, / And the aged rose up and stood.
少年人看见我就回避，老年人也起身站立。

Princes refrained from talking / And laid their hand over their mouth.
掌权者都停止说话，用手捂口；

The voice of the nobles was hushed, / And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
领袖静默无声，舌头贴住上膛。

For when the ear heard me, it blessed me; / And when the eye saw me, it bore witness to me;
耳朵听见我的，就称我有福；眼睛看见我的，便作证称赞我；

Because I delivered the poor man who cried out, / And the orphan who had no one to help him.
因我拯救哀求的困苦人，和无人帮助的孤儿。

The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me, / And I made the widow's heart shout for joy.
将要灭亡的为我祝福，我也使寡妇心中欢呼。

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; / My justice was like a robe and a turban.
我穿上公义，公义就作了我的衣服；我的公平如同外袍和冠冕。

I was eyes to the blind, / And I was feet to the lame.
我成了瞎子的眼，瘸子的脚。

I was a father to the needy, / And the cause of him whom I did not know I investigated.
我作了穷乏人的父，又为素不认识的人查明案件。

I broke the jaws of the unjust / And made him drop the prey from his teeth.
我打破不义之人的牙床，使他所抓得的从牙缝掉落。

Then I said, I will die in my nest, / And I will multiply my days like the sand.
于是我说，我必死在家中；我必增添在世的日子，多如尘沙。

My root is spread out to the water, / And dew abides on my branch at night.
我的根蔓延到水边，露水终夜沾在我的枝上。

My glory is always new with me, / And my bow is renewed in my hand.
我的荣耀在身上常新，我的弓在手中重新得力。

Men listened to me and waited, / And they were silent for my counsel.
人聆听我而期待，静默等候我的指教。

After my words they spoke not again, / And my speech distilled like dew upon them.
我说话之后，他们就不再说；我的言语像雨露滴在他们身上。

And they waited for me as for the rain, / And they opened their mouth wide as for the late rain.
他们期待我如期待雨水；又张开口如切慕春雨。

I smiled on them — they could not believe it; / And they did not cast down the light of my countenance.
我向他们含笑，他们不敢置信；他们并没有使我脸上的光黯淡。

I chose the way for them and sat as chief, / And I dwelt as a king among the troops, / As one who comforts those who mourn.
我为他们选择道路，又坐首位；我如君王在军队中居住，又如吊丧的安慰伤心人。