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Job 29

Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB

1 Job continued his discourse, saying:

2 If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

3 when His lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by His light!

4 [I would be] as I was in the days of my youth when God's friendship rested on my tent,

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6 when my feet were bathed in cream and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,

8 the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

9 City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with [their] hands.

10 The noblemen's voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11 When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.

12 For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.

13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice.

14 I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

15 I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.

17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 So I thought: I will die in my own nest and multiply [my] days as the sand.

19 My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

20 My strength will be refreshed within me, and my bow will be renewed in my hand.

21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my advice.

22 After a word from me they did not speak again; my speech settled on them [like dew].

23 They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers.

24 If I smiled at them, they couldn't believe [it]; they were thrilled at the light of my countenance.

25 I directed their course and presided as chief. I lived as a king among his troops, like one who comforts those who mourn.

English Standard Version ESV

1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

3 when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

4 as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

5 when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were all around me,

6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

7 When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the square,

8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose and stood;

9 the princes refrained from talking and laid their hand on their mouth;

10 the voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved,

12 because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

13 The blessing of him who was about to perish 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 feet to the lame.

16 I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

17 I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

18 Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

19 my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,

20 my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand. ’

21 “Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.

22 After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.

23 They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

25 I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.