Job 29
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1Job further continued his discourse, and said:1Then Job continued his speech:
2“Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;2"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me,
3When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;3when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
4Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;4just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,
5When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me;
6When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!6when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil!
7“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,7When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,
8The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;8the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;
9The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;9the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;11"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,
12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;
13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice;
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.14I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
15I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.15I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;
16I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.16I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;
17I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.17I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.18"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.19My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.
20My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’20My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'
21Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.21"People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice.
22After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.22After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop.
23They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.23They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains.
24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.24If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken.
25I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.25I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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