Giobbe 29:1-7

1 E GIOBBE riprese il suo ragionamento, e disse:

2 Oh! fossi io pure come a’ mesi di prima, Come al tempo che Iddio mi guardava!

3 Quando egli faceva rilucere la sua lampana sopra il mio capo, E quando io camminava al suo lume, per mezzo le tenebre;

4 Come io era al tempo della mia giovanezza, Mentre il consiglio di Dio governava il mio tabernacolo;

5 Mentre l’Onnipotente era ancora meco, E i miei famigli mi erano d’intorno;

6 Mentre io lavava i miei passi nel burro, E le rocce versavano presso di me de’ ruscelli d’olio.

7 Quando io andava fuori alla porta per la città, O mi faceva porre il mio seggio in su la piazza,

Giobbe 29:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 29

In this chapter Job gives an account of his former and wishes it was with him now as then; and which he describes with respect to his own person, and the favours he personally enjoyed, whether temporal or spiritual, Job 29:1-4; with respect to his family and domestic affairs, Job 29:5,6; with regard to the esteem he had from men of every age and station, Job 29:7-11; the reasons of which were the mercy and compassion he showed to the poor, the fatherless, and the widow, and the justice he administered in the execution of his office as a magistrate, Job 29:12-17; in which honour and prosperity he expected to have lived and died, Job 29:18-20; and which he further describes by the respect he had among men, and the power and authority he exercised over them, Job 29:21-25.