Job 29

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Job 29

Job’s Past Was Glorious

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1} And Job again took up his ^(A)discourse and said,

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“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God ^(B)watched over me;

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When ^(C)His lamp shone over my head,
And ^(D)by His light I walked through darkness;

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As I was in ^(a)the prime of my days,
When the ^(b)^(E)friendship of God was over my tent;

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When ^(c)the Almighty was yet with me,
And my children were around me;

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When my steps were bathed in ^(F)butter,
And the ^(G)rock poured out for me streams of oil!

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“When I went out to ^(H)the gate of the city,
When I ^(d)took my seat in the square,

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The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.

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“The princes ^(I)stopped talking
And ^(J)put their hands on their mouths;

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The voice of the nobles was ^(e)^(K)hushed,
And their ^(L)tongue stuck to their palate.

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“For when ^(M)the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

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Because I delivered ^(N)the poor who cried for help,
And the ^(O)orphan who had no helper.

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“The blessing of the one ^(P)ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the ^(Q)widow’s heart sing for joy.

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“I ^(R)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

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“I was ^(S)eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.

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“I was a father to ^(T)the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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“I ^(U)broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

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“Then I ^(f)thought, ‘I shall die ^(g)in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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‘My ^(V)root is spread out to the waters,
And ^(W)dew lies all night on my branch.

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‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my ^(X)bow is renewed in my hand.’

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“To me ^(Y)they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.

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“After my words they did not ^(Z)speak again,
And ^(AA)my speech dropped on them.

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“They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

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“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

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“I chose a way for them and sat as ^(AB)chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who ^(AC)comforted the mourners.

Footnotes:

a. Job 29:4: ['Lit ', the days of my autumn]

b. Job 29:4: ['Lit ', counsel]

c. Job 29:5: ['Heb ', Shaddai]

d. Job 29:7: ['Lit ', set up]

e. Job 29:10: ['Lit ', hidden]

f. Job 29:18: ['Lit ', said]

g. Job 29:18: ['Lit ', with]

Cross references:

A. Job 29:1: Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:3; Job 13:12; Job 27:1

B. Job 29:2: Jeremiah 31:28

C. Job 29:3: Job 18:6

D. Job 29:3: Job 11:17

E. Job 29:4: Job 15:8; Psalm 25:14; Proverbs 3:32

F. Job 29:6: Deuteronomy 32:14; Job 20:17

G. Job 29:6: Deuteronomy 32:13; Psalm 81:16

H. Job 29:7: Job 31:21

I. Job 29:9: Job 29:21

J. Job 29:9: Job 21:5

K. Job 29:10: Job 29:22

L. Job 29:10: Psalm 137:6

M. Job 29:11: Job 4:3; Job 4:4

N. Job 29:12: Job 24:4; Job 24:9; Job 34:28; Psalm 72:12; Proverbs 21:13

O. Job 29:12: Job 31:17; Job 31:21

P. Job 29:13: Job 31:19

Q. Job 29:13: Job 22:9

R. Job 29:14: Job 27:5; Job 27:6; Psalm 132:9; Isaiah 59:17; Isaiah 61:10; Ephesians 6:14

S. Job 29:15: Numbers 10:31

T. Job 29:16: Job 24:4; Proverbs 29:7

U. Job 29:17: Psalm 3:7

V. Job 29:19: Jeremiah 17:8

W. Job 29:19: Hosea 14:5

X. Job 29:20: Genesis 49:24; Psalm 18:34

Y. Job 29:21: Job 4:3; Job 29:9

Z. Job 29:22: Job 29:10

AA. Job 29:22: Deuteronomy 32:2

AB. Job 29:25: Job 1:3; Job 31:37

AC. Job 29:25: Job 4:4; Job 16:5