Job 29:1-9 ▼

1 Job continued his discourse, saying:

2 If only I could be as in months gone by, in the days when God watched over me,

3 when His lamp shone above my head, and I walked through darkness by His light!

4 I would be as I was in the days of my youth when God’s friendship rested on my tent,

5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6 when my feet were bathed in cream and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the town square,

8 the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet.

9 City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.