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# Chapter 29
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1 Job further continued his discourse, and said:
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2 “Oh, that I were as in months past,
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As in the days when God watched over me;
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3 When His lamp shone upon my head,
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And when by His light I walked through darkness;
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4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
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When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
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5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
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When my children were around me;
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6 When my steps were bathed with cream,
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And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
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7 “When I went out to the gate by the city,
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When I took my seat in the open square,
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8 The young men saw me and hid,
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And the aged arose and stood;
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9 The princes refrained from talking,
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And put their hand on their mouth;
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10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
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And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
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And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
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12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
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The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
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13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
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And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
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14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
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My justice was like a robe and a turban.
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15 I was eyes to the blind,
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And I was feet to the lame.
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16 I was a father to the poor,
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And I searched out the case that I did not know.
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17 I broke the fangs of the wicked,
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And plucked the victim from his teeth.
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18 “Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
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And multiply my days as the sand.
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19 My root is spread out to the waters,
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And the dew lies all night on my branch.
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20 My glory is fresh within me,
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And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
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21 “Men listened to me and waited,
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And kept silence for my counsel.
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22 After my words they did not speak again,
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And my speech settled on them as dew.
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23 They waited for me as for the rain,
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And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
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24 If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
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And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
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25 I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
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So I dwelt as a king in the army,
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As one who comforts mourners. |