from Peter Boon
A. Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his (lamp) shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness 29:2,3
B the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me 29:4,5
C went out gate through the city… sat in street 29:7
D young men saw me, and hid themselves 29:8a
E the aged arose, and stood up 29:8b
F princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth 29:11,12
G Because I delivered the poor 29:12
H I put on righteousness, and it clothed me 29:14a
my judgment was as a robe and a diadem 29:14b
G’ I was a father to the poor 29:16
F’ brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth 29:17
E’ I shall die in my nest 29:18a
D’ I shall multiply my days as the sand 29:18b
C’ My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch 29:19
B’ Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 29:21-23
A’ If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners 29:24,25