Job 29

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1. 1Job continued his speech and said,
2. 2"If only I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3. 3when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;
4. 4as I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tent;
5. 5when the Almighty was still with me, and my children were around me;
6. 6when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me;
7. 7when I went out to the gate through the city, and prepared my seat in the street!
8. 8The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose and stood up.
9. 9The princes stopped talking and laid their hand on their mouth.
10. 10The nobles held their peace, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11. 11When the ear heard me, it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me,
12. 12because I delivered the poor who cried out, and the fatherless, and him who had no one to help him.
13. 13The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14. 14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.
15. 15I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16. 16I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I did not know I searched out.
17. 17And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18. 18Then I said, 'I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.'
19. 19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20. 20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21. 21To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22. 22After my words they did not speak again, and my speech dropped upon them.
23. 23And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24. 24If I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it, and they did not dim the light of my face.
25. 25I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners."