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