Job 29:1-6

1 Y volvió Job a tomar su propósito, y dijo:

2 ¡Quién me volviese como en los meses pasados, como en los días cuando Dios me guardaba,

3 cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, a la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;

4 como fue en los días de mi juventud, cuando Dios era familiar en mi tienda;

5 cuando aún el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, y mis hijos alrededor de mí;

6 cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!

Job 29:1-6 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.