Job 29 (New International Version)
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Job continued his discourse:1
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"How I long for the months gone by,2 for the days when God watched over me,3
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when his lamp shone upon my head and by his light I walked through darkness!4
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Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship5 blessed my house,6
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when the Almighty was still with me and my children7 were around me,8
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when my path was drenched with cream9 and the rock10 poured out for me streams of olive oil.11
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"When I went to the gate12 of the city and took my seat in the public square,
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the young men saw me and stepped aside13 and the old men rose to their feet;14
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the chief men refrained from speaking15 and covered their mouths with their hands;16
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the voices of the nobles were hushed,17 and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.18
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Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,19
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because I rescued the poor20 who cried for help, and the fatherless21 who had none to assist him.22
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The man who was dying blessed me;23 I made the widow's24 heart sing.
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I put on righteousness25 as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.26
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I was eyes27 to the blind and feet to the lame.28
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I was a father to the needy;29 I took up the case30 of the stranger.31
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I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims32 from their teeth.33
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"I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.34
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My roots will reach to the water,35 and the dew will lie all night on my branches.36
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My glory will remain fresh37 in me, the bow38 ever new in my hand.'39
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"Men listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.40
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After I had spoken, they spoke no more;41 my words fell gently on their ears.42
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They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.43
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When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face44 was precious to them.a45
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I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;46 I dwelt as a king47 among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.48
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Job 29:24 - The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.