【Job】Chapter 29 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

29:1 Job took up his theme anew and said;

29:2 Oh, that I were as in the months past! as in the days when God watched over me,

29:3 While he kept his lamp shining above my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

29:4 As I was in my flourishing days, when God sheltered my tent;

29:5 When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were round about me;

29:6 When my footsteps were bathed in milk, and the rock flowed with streams of oil;

29:7 When I went forth to the gate of the city and set up my seat in the square-

29:8 Then the young men saw me and withdrew, while the elders rose up and stood;

29:9 The chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;

29:10 The voice of the princes was silenced, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

29:21 For me they listened and waited; they were silent for my counsel.

29:22 Once I spoke, they said no more, but received my pronouncement drop by drop.

29:23 They waited for me as for the rain; they drank in my words like the spring rains.

29:24 When I smiled on them they were reassured;

29:25 mourners took comfort from my cheerful glance. I chose out their way and presided; I took a king’s place in the armed forces.

29:11 Whoever heard of me blessed me; those who saw me commended me.

29:12 For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, the orphans, and the unassisted;

29:13 The blessing of those in extremity came upon me, and the heart of the widow I made joyful.

29:14 I wore my honesty like a garment; justice was my robe and my turban.

29:15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame was I;

29:16 I was a father to the needy; the rights of the stranger I studied,

29:17 And I broke the jaws of the wicked man; from his teeth I forced the prey.

29:18 Then I said: "In my own nest I shall grow old; I shall multiply years like the phoenix.

29:19 My root is spread out to the waters; the dew rests by night on my branches.

29:20 My glory is fresh within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand!"

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