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# Job 29 (New King James Version)
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Job's Summary Defense
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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.
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