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Job 29

Third Millennium Bible TMB

1 Moreover Job continued his parable and said:

2 "Oh, that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

3 when His candle shone upon my head, and when by His light I walked through darkness,

4 as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;

5 when the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;

6 when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

7 when I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

8 The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged arose and stood up.

9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

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

13 The blessing of him that was ready 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 judgment was as a robe and a diadem.

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

16 I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

17 And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18 "Then I said, `I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.'

19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

21 "Unto me men gave ear and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.

22 After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them.

23 And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not, and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

25 I chose out their way and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

GOD'S WORD Translation GW

1 Job continued his poems and said,

2 "If only my life could be like it used to be, in the days when God watched over me,

3 when he made his lamp shine on my head, when I walked through the dark in his light.

4 If only I were in the prime of my life [again], when God was an adviser in my tent.

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

6 my steps were bathed in buttermilk, and the rocks poured streams of olive oil on me.

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

8 young men saw me and kept out of sight. Old men stood up straight out of respect [for me].

9 Princes held back [their] words and put their hands over their mouths.

10 The voices of nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

11 "[Any] ears that heard me blessed me. [Any] eyes that saw me spoke well of me,

12 because I rescued the poor who called [for help] and the orphans who had no one to help them.

13 I received a blessing from the dying. I made the widow's heart sing for joy.

14 I put on righteousness, and it was my clothing. I practiced justice, and it was my robe and my turban.

15 I was eyes for the blind person. I was feet for the lame person.

16 I was father to the needy. I carefully investigated cases brought by strangers.

17 I broke the teeth of the wicked person and made him drop the prey out of his mouth.

18 "I thought, 'I may die in my own house, but I will make my days as numerous as the sand.

19 My roots will grow toward the water, and dew will lie on my branches all night.

20 My power will be fresh [every day], and the bow in my hand will remain new.'

21 "People listened to me eagerly, quietly waiting for my advice.

22 After I had spoken, they wouldn't speak again. After all, my words fell gently on them.

23 They were as eager to hear me as they were for rain. They opened their mouths wide as if waiting for a spring shower.

24 When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it, but the expression on my face did not change.

25 I decided how they should live. I sat as their leader. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.