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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Then Job continued with his discourse: |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me, |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4like when I was in my prime and God trusted me with his secrets! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"The Almighty was still with me back then, and my children were still around me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6I was successful wherever I went, and even the rocks poured out streams of olive oil for me." |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The young men would see me and withdraw, and the aged would rise and stand. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Nobles would refrain from speaking, covering their mouths with their hands. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The voices of the commanders-in-chief were hushed, and their tongues would cling to the roofs of their mouths." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"When people heard me speak, they blessed me; when people saw me, they approved me, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I put on righteousness like clothing; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop the prey." |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18"I used to say: 'I will die in my home. I'm going to live as many days as there are grains of sand on the shore. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20My glory renews for me and my bow is as good as new in my hand.' |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21"They listened and waited for me, as they remained in silence for my counsel. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23They waited for me as one waits for rain, as one opens his mouth to drink in a spring rain shower. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24I smiled at them when they had no confidence, and no one could discourage me. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25I set an example of the way to live, as a leader would; I lived like a king among his army; like one who comforts mourners." |
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