Job 29

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1 Job again took up his parable, and said, Job 29:1WEB
2 “Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; Job 29:2WEB
3 when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness, Job 29:3WEB
4 as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent, Job 29:4WEB
5 when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me, Job 29:5WEB
6 when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me, Job 29:6WEB
7 when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street. Job 29:7WEB
8 The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood. Job 29:8WEB
9 The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. Job 29:9WEB
10 The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. Job 29:10WEB
11 For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me, Job 29:11WEB
12 because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him, Job 29:12WEB
13 the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. Job 29:13WEB
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. Job 29:14WEB
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. Job 29:15WEB
16 I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know. Job 29:16WEB
17 I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth. Job 29:17WEB
18 Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand. Job 29:18WEB
19 My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch. Job 29:19WEB
20 My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’ Job 29:20WEB
21 “Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel. Job 29:21WEB
22 After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them. Job 29:22WEB
23 They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain. Job 29:23WEB
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face. Job 29:24WEB
25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners. Job 29:25WEB

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