Job Chapter 29 (NKJV)
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1. Job further continued his discourse, and said | |
2. Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; | |
3. When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness; | |
4. Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent; | |
5. When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me; | |
6. When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me! | |
7. When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square, | |
8. The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood; | |
9. The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth; | |
10. The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. | |
11. When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me; | |
12. Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper. | |
13. The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. | |
14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. | |
15. I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame. | |
16. I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know. | |
17. I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth. | |
18. Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand. | |
19. My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch. | |
20. My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.' | |
21. Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. | |
22. After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew. | |
23. They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain. | |
24. If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down. | |
25. I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners. |
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