Job 29
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Berean Study BibleNew American Standard Bible 1995
1And Job continued his discourse:1And Job again took up his discourse and said,
2“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,2"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;
3when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,3When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;
4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,4As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,5When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
6when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!6When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,7"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
8the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.8The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.
9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.9"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;
10The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.10The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.
11For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,11"For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.12Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.13"The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy.
14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.14"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.15"I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.
16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.16"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.17"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.18"Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.19'My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.
20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’20My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.21"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
22After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.22"After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.
23They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.23"They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.24"I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
25I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.25"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.
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