nkjv - 29

nkjv@Job:29:1 @ Job further continued his discourse, and said:

nkjv@Job:29:2 @ "Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me;

nkjv@Job:29:3 @ When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

nkjv@Job:29:4 @ Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;

nkjv@Job:29:5 @ When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;

nkjv@Job:29:6 @ When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

nkjv@Job:29:7 @ "When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,

nkjv@Job:29:8 @ The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

nkjv@Job:29:9 @ The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;

nkjv@Job:29:10 @ The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

nkjv@Job:29:11 @ When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;

nkjv@Job:29:12 @ Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

nkjv@Job:29:13 @ The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

nkjv@Job:29:14 @ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.

nkjv@Job:29:15 @ I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.

nkjv@Job:29:16 @ I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.

nkjv@Job:29:17 @ I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.

nkjv@Job:29:18 @ "Then I said, "I shall die in my nest, And multiply my days as the sand.

nkjv@Job:29:19 @ My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.

nkjv@Job:29:20 @ My glory is fresh within me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

nkjv@Job:29:21 @ "Men listened to me and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.

nkjv@Job:29:22 @ After my words they did not speak again, And my speech settled on them as dew.

nkjv@Job:29:23 @ They waited for me as for the rain, And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.

nkjv@Job:29:24 @ If I mocked at them, they did not believe it, And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.

nkjv@Job:29:25 @ I chose the way for them, and sat as chief; So I dwelt as a king in the army, As one who comforts mourners.

Job 29