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Job 29

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1 Job continued to speak:
1 Job continued his discourse:
2 "How I wish for the months that have passed and the days when God watched over me.
2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 God's lamp shined on my head, and I walked through darkness by his light.
3 when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!
4 I wish for the days when I was strong, when God's close friendship blessed my house.
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
5 The Almighty was still with me, and my children were all around me.
5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 It was as if my path were covered with cream and the rocks poured out olive oil for me.
6 when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7 I would go to the city gate and sit in the public square.
7 “When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,
8 When the young men saw me, they would step aside, and the old men would stand up in respect.
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;
9 The leading men stopped speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
9 the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;
10 The voices of the important men were quiet, as if their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11 Anyone who heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me praised me,
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,
12 because I saved the poor who called out and the orphan who had no one to help.
12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13 The dying person blessed me, and I made the widow's heart sing.
13 The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
14 I put on right living as if it were clothing; I wore fairness like a robe and a turban.
14 I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.
15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16 I was like a father to needy people, and I took the side of strangers who were in trouble.
16 I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I broke the fangs of evil people and snatched the captives from their teeth.
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18 "I thought, 'I will live for as many days as there are grains of sand, and I will die in my own house.
18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19 My roots will reach down to the water. The dew will lie on the branches all night.
19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20 New honors will come to me continually, and I will always have great strength.'
20 My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
21 "People listened to me carefully and waited quietly for my advice.
21 “People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.
22 After I finished speaking, they spoke no more. My words fell very gently on their ears.
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.
23 They waited for me as they would for rain and drank in my words like spring rain.
23 They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24 I smiled at them when they doubted, and my approval was important to them.
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
25 I chose the way for them and was their leader. I lived like a king among his army, like a person who comforts sad people.
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.
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