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| 29:1 |
And Job again took up his discourse and said,
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| 29:2 |
"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me;
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| 29:3 |
When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness;
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| 29:4 |
As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;
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| 29:5 |
When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;
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| 29:6 |
When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
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| 29:7 |
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
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| 29:8 |
The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood.
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| 29:9 |
"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;
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| 29:10 |
The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.
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| 29:11 |
"For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
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| 29:12 |
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
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| 29:13 |
"The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy.
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| 29:14 |
"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
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| 29:15 |
"I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.
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| 29:16 |
"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.
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| 29:17 |
"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.
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| 29:18 |
"Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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| 29:19 |
'My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.
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| 29:20 |
'My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
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| 29:21 |
"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
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| 29:22 |
"After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.
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| 29:23 |
"They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
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| 29:24 |
"I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
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| 29:25 |
"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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