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Job 29

Job’s Past Was Glorious

¹Job again took up his discourse and said,

²“Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;

³When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;

⁴Just as I was in the days of my youth, When the protection of God was over my tent;

⁵When the Almighty was still with me, And my children were around me;

⁶When my steps were bathed in cream, And the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

⁷“When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the public square,

⁸The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.

⁹“The leaders stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;

¹⁰The voices of the prominent people were hushed, And their tongues stuck to their palates.

¹¹“For when an ear heard, it called me blessed, And when an eye saw, it testified in support of me,

¹²Because I saved the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.

¹³“The blessing of the one who was about to perish came upon me, And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

¹⁴“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a headband.

¹⁵“I was eyes to those who were blind, And feet to those who could not walk.

¹⁶“I was a father to the poor, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

¹⁷“I broke the jaws of the wicked And rescued the prey from his teeth.

¹⁸“Then I thought, ‘I will die with my family, And I will multiply my days as the sand.

¹⁹‘My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies on my branch all night.

²⁰‘My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

²¹¶“To me they listened and waited, And they kept silent for my advice.

²²“After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.

²³“They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouths as for the late rain.

²⁴“I smiled at them when they did not believe, And they did not look at my kindness ungraciously.

²⁵“I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And lived as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.

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