¹Addidit quoque Job,Job also added to this,assumens parabolam suam,using figures of speech,et dixit:and he said:

¹Addidit quoque Job,Job also added to this,assumens parabolam suam,using figures of speech,et dixit:and he said:

²Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos,Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months,secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?according to the days when God kept watch over me?

²Quis mihi tribuat ut sim juxta menses pristinos,Who will grant to me that I might be as I was in former months,secundum dies quibus Deus custodiebat me?according to the days when God kept watch over me?

³Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum,At that time, his lamp shined over my head,et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:and by his light, I walked through the darkness.

³Quando splendebat lucerna ejus super caput meum,At that time, his lamp shined over my head,et ad lumen ejus ambulabam in tenebris:and by his light, I walked through the darkness.

⁴sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ,I was then just as in the days of my youth,quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:when God was privately in my tabernacle.

⁴sicut fui in diebus adolescentiæ meæ,I was then just as in the days of my youth,quando secreto Deus erat in tabernaculo meo:when God was privately in my tabernacle.

⁵quando erat Omnipotens mecum,At that time,et in circuitu meo pueri mei:the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me.

⁵quando erat Omnipotens mecum,At that time,et in circuitu meo pueri mei:the Almighty was with me and my children surrounded me.

⁶quando lavabam pedes meos butyro,Then, I washed my feet with butter,et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me.

⁶quando lavabam pedes meos butyro,Then, I washed my feet with butter,et petra fundebat mihi rivos olei:and a boulder poured out rivers of oil for me.

⁷quando procedebam ad portam civitatis,When I went to the gate of the city,et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.

⁷quando procedebam ad portam civitatis,When I went to the gate of the city,et in platea parabant cathedram mihi.or to the main street, they prepared a chair for me.

⁸Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur:The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders,et senes assurgentes stabant.rising up, remained standing.

⁸Videbant me juvenes, et abscondebantur:The youths saw me and hid themselves, and the elders,et senes assurgentes stabant.rising up, remained standing.

⁹Principes cessabant loqui,The leaders stopped talking,et digitum superponebant ori suo.and they placed a finder over their mouth.

⁹Principes cessabant loqui,The leaders stopped talking,et digitum superponebant ori suo.and they placed a finder over their mouth.

¹⁰Vocem suam cohibebant duces,The commanders subdued their voice,et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.and their tongue adhered to their throat.

¹⁰Vocem suam cohibebant duces,The commanders subdued their voice,et lingua eorum gutturi suo adhærebat.and their tongue adhered to their throat.

¹¹Auris audiens beatificabat me,The ear that heard me, blessed me,et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.

¹¹Auris audiens beatificabat me,The ear that heard me, blessed me,et oculus videns testimonium reddebat mihi:and the eye that saw me, gave testimony for me.

¹²eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem,This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out,et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.and the orphan, who had no helper.

¹²eo quod liberassem pauperem vociferantem,This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out,et pupillum cui non esset adjutor.and the orphan, who had no helper.

¹³Benedictio perituri super me veniebat,The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me,et cor viduæ consolatus sum.and I consoled the heart of the widow.

¹³Benedictio perituri super me veniebat,The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me,et cor viduæ consolatus sum.and I consoled the heart of the widow.

¹⁴Justitia indutus sum,I put on justice,et vestivi me,and I clothed myself with my judgment,sicut vestimento et diademate,like a robejudicio meo.and a diadem.

¹⁴Justitia indutus sum,I put on justice,et vestivi me,and I clothed myself with my judgment,sicut vestimento et diademate,like a robejudicio meo.and a diadem.

¹⁵Oculus fui cæco,I was an eye for the blindet pes claudo.and a foot for the lame.

¹⁵Oculus fui cæco,I was an eye for the blindet pes claudo.and a foot for the lame.

¹⁶Pater eram pauperum,I was the father of the poor;et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

¹⁶Pater eram pauperum,I was the father of the poor;et causam quam nesciebam diligentissime investigabam.and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.

¹⁷Conterebam molas iniqui,I crushed the jaws of the impious,et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.and I took away prey from his teeth.

¹⁷Conterebam molas iniqui,I crushed the jaws of the impious,et de dentibus illius auferebam prædam.and I took away prey from his teeth.

¹⁸Dicebamque:And I said,In nidulo meo moriar,“I will die in my little nest,et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.

¹⁸Dicebamque:And I said,In nidulo meo moriar,“I will die in my little nest,et sicut palma multiplicabo dies.and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.

¹⁹Radix mea aperta est secus aquas,My root has been spread beside the waters,et ros morabitur in messione mea.and the dew will remain with my harvest.

¹⁹Radix mea aperta est secus aquas,My root has been spread beside the waters,et ros morabitur in messione mea.and the dew will remain with my harvest.

²⁰Gloria mea semper innovabitur,My glory will always be restored,et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.and my bow will be restored to my hand.”

²⁰Gloria mea semper innovabitur,My glory will always be restored,et arcus meus in manu mea instaurabitur.and my bow will be restored to my hand.”

²¹Qui me audiebant,Those who heard me,expectabant sententiam,expected vindication,et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.

²¹Qui me audiebant,Those who heard me,expectabant sententiam,expected vindication,et intenti tacebant ad consilium meum.and they listened closely in silence to my counsel.

²²Verbis meis addere nihil audebant,To my words, they dared to add nothing,et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.and my eloquence poured over them.

²²Verbis meis addere nihil audebant,To my words, they dared to add nothing,et super illos stillabat eloquium meum.and my eloquence poured over them.

²³Expectabant me sicut pluviam,They waited for me as for rain,et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.

²³Expectabant me sicut pluviam,They waited for me as for rain,et os suum aperiebant quasi ad imbrem serotinum.and they opened their mouth as for belated rains.

²⁴Siquando ridebam ad eos,If I had ever laughed at them,non credebant:they would not have believed it,et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.

²⁴Siquando ridebam ad eos,If I had ever laughed at them,non credebant:they would not have believed it,et lux vultus mei non cadebat in terram.and the light of my face was not cast down towards the ground.

²⁵Si voluissem ire ad eos,If I wished to go to them,sedebam primus:I sat down first,cumque sederem quasi rex,and,circumstante exercitu,though I sat like a king surrounded by an army,eram tamen mœrentium consolator.yet I was a comforter to those who mourned.

²⁵Si voluissem ire ad eos,If I wished to go to them,sedebam primus:I sat down first,cumque sederem quasi rex,and,circumstante exercitu,though I sat like a king surrounded by an army,eram tamen mœrentium consolator.yet I was a comforter to those who mourned.