New American Standard Bible Jobs Past Was Glorious 1And Job again took up his discourse and said,
2Oh that I were as in months gone by,
3When His lamp shone over my head,
4As I was in the prime of my days,
5When the Almighty was yet with me,
6When my steps were bathed in butter,
7When I went out to the gate of the city,
8The young men saw me and hid themselves,
9The princes stopped talking
10The voice of the nobles was hushed,
11For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
12Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
13The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
15I was eyes to the blind
16I was a father to the needy,
17I broke the jaws of the wicked
18Then I thought, I shall die in my nest,
19My root is spread out to the waters,
20My glory is ever new with me,
21To me they listened and waited,
22After my words they did not speak again,
23They waited for me as for the rain,
24I smiled on them when they did not believe,
25I chose a way for them and sat as chief, New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Hub |