| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Job continued his discourse, saying: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3when His lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by His light! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God's friendship rested on my tent, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6when my feet were bathed in cream and the rock poured out streams of oil for me! |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square, |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The noblemen's voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18So I thought: I will die in my own nest and multiply my days as the sand. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My strength will be refreshed within me, and my bow will be renewed in my hand. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my advice. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22After a word from me they did not speak again; my speech settled on them like dew. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23They waited for me as for the rain and opened their mouths as for spring showers. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24If I smiled at them, they couldn't believe it; they were thrilled at the light of my countenance. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I directed their course and presided as chief. I lived as a king among his troops, like one who comforts those who mourn. |
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