Job 29:1-8

1 Job habla de sus bendiciones pasadas
Job siguió hablando:

2 «Añoro los días del pasado,
cuando Dios me cuidaba,

3 cuando iluminaba el camino delante de mí
y yo caminaba seguro en la oscuridad.

4 Cuando yo estaba en la flor de la vida,
la amistad con Dios se sentía en mi hogar.

5 El Todopoderoso todavía estaba conmigo,
y mis hijos me rodeaban.

6 Mis vacas daban leche en abundancia,
y mis olivares derramaban ríos de aceite.

7 »¡Qué tiempos aquellos cuando iba a las puertas de la ciudad
y ocupaba mi lugar entre los líderes reconocidos!

8 Los jóvenes me daban paso cuando me veían,
e incluso los ancianos se ponían de pie en señal de respeto cuando yo llegaba.

Job 29:1-8 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.