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Job 29

Job's Past Was Glorious

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And Job again took up his  adiscourse and said,

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"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God  awatched over me;

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When  aHis lamp shone over my head, And  bby His light I walked through darkness;

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As I was in  1the prime of my days, When the  2 afriendship of God was over my tent;

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When  1the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;

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When my steps were bathed in  abutter, And the  brock poured out for me streams of oil!

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"When I went out to  athe gate of the city, When I  1took 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  astopped talking And  bput their hands on their mouths;

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The voice of the nobles was  1 ahushed, And their  btongue stuck to their palate.

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"For when  athe ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

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Because I delivered  athe poor who cried for help, And the  borphan who had no helper.

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"The blessing of the one  aready to perish came upon me, And I made the  bwidow's heart sing for joy.

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"I  aput on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.

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"I was  aeyes to the blind And feet to the lame.

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"I was a father to  athe needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

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"I  abroke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.

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"Then I  1thought, `I shall die  2in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

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`My  aroot is spread out to the waters, And  bdew lies all night on my branch.

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`My glory is ever new with me, And my  abow is renewed in my hand.'

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"To me  athey listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.

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"After my words they did not  aspeak again, And  bmy 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  achief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who  bcomforted the mourners.



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