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Job 29
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Job 29 . 1
1 And Job continued his discourse:TOSKJob 29:1
Job 29 . 2
2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,TOSKJob 29:2
Job 29 . 3
3 when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,TOSKJob 29:3
Job 29 . 4
4 when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,TOSKJob 29:4
Job 29 . 5
5 when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,TOSKJob 29:5
Job 29 . 6
6 when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!TOSKJob 29:6
Job 29 . 7
7 When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,TOSKJob 29:7
Job 29 . 8
8 the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.TOSKJob 29:8
Job 29 . 9
9 The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.TOSKJob 29:9
Job 29 . 10
10 The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.TOSKJob 29:10
Job 29 . 11
11 For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,TOSKJob 29:11
Job 29 . 12
12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.TOSKJob 29:12
Job 29 . 13
13 The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.TOSKJob 29:13
Job 29 . 14
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.TOSKJob 29:14
Job 29 . 15
15 I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.TOSKJob 29:15
Job 29 . 16
16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.TOSKJob 29:16
Job 29 . 17
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.TOSKJob 29:17
Job 29 . 18
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.TOSKJob 29:18
Job 29 . 19
19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.TOSKJob 29:19
Job 29 . 20
20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’TOSKJob 29:20
Job 29 . 21
21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.TOSKJob 29:21
Job 29 . 22
22 After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.TOSKJob 29:22
Job 29 . 23
23 They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.TOSKJob 29:23
Job 29 . 24
24 If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.TOSKJob 29:24
Job 29 . 25
25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.TOSKJob 29:25