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Job 29 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Job Continues His Discourse

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And Job continued to lift up his [fn]discourse and said,

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“Oh that I were as in months gone by,

As in the days when God kept me,

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When His lamp shone over my head,

And by His light I walked through darkness,

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As I was in [fn]the prime of my days,

When the intimate counsel with God was over my tent,

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When [fn]the Almighty was yet with me,

And my children were around me,

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When my steps were bathed in butter,

And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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“When I went out to the gate of the city,

When I [fn]took my seat in the square,

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The young men saw me and hid,

And the old men arose and stood.

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“The princes stopped talking

And put their hands on their mouths;

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The voice of the nobles was hidden away,

And their tongue clung to their palate.

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“For the ear heard, and it called me blessed,

And the eye saw, and it gave witness of me,

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Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

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“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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“I clothed myself with righteousness, and it clothed me;

My justice was like a robe and a turban.

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“I was eyes to the blind

And feet to the lame.

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“I was a father to the needy,

And I searched out the case which I did not know.

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“I broke the fangs of the unjust

And snatched the prey from his teeth.

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“Then I [fn]said, ‘I will breathe my last [fn]in my nest,

And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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‘My root is spread out to the waters,

And dew lies all night on my branch.

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‘My glory is ever new with me,

And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

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“To me they listened and waited,

And kept silent for my counsel.

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“After my words they did not speak again,

And my speech dropped on them.

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“They waited for me as for the rain,

And opened their mouth as for the [fn]late rain.

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“I laughed with them as they could not believe it,

And the light of my face they did not cast down.

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“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,

And dwelt as their head among the troops,

As one who comforted the mourners.

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Lit the days of my autumn
Lit the days of my autumn
Lit the days of my autumn
Heb Shaddai
Heb Shaddai
Heb Shaddai
Lit set up
Lit set up
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Or thought
Lit with
Or thought
Lit with
Or thought
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Spring
Spring
Spring
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