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81 lines
2.2 KiB
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Job's Summary Defense
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# Chapter 29
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1. And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
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2. "Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
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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 by his light I walked through darkness,
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4. as I was in my prime,
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when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
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5. when the Almighty was yet with me,
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when my children were all around me,
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6. when my steps were washed with butter,
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and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
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7. When I went out to the gate of the city,
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when I prepared my seat in the square,
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8. the young men saw me and withdrew,
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and the aged rose and stood;
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9. the princes refrained from talking
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and laid their hand on their mouth;
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10. the voice of the 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, it called me blessed,
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and when the eye saw, it approved,
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12. because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
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and the fatherless who had none to help him.
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13. The blessing of him who was about to perish 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 feet to the lame.
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16. I was a father to the needy,
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and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
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17. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
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and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
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18. Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest,
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and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
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19. my roots spread out to the waters,
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with the dew all night on my branches,
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20. my glory fresh with me,
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and my bow ever new 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 I spoke they did not speak again,
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and my word dropped upon them.
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23. They waited for me as for the rain,
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and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
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24. I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
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and the light of my face they did not cast down.
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25. I chose their way and sat as chief,
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and I lived like a king among his troops,
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like one who comforts mourners.
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