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nsb@Job:29:1 @ JOB UTTERED THESE WORDS:

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

nsb@Job:29:3 @ when his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness.

nsb@Job:29:4 @ »I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent.

nsb@Job:29:5 @ The Almighty was still with me, and my children were all around me.

nsb@Job:29:6 @ »My steps were washed with milk and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!

nsb@Job:29:7 @ »When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square,

nsb@Job:29:8 @ the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood.

nsb@Job:29:9 @ »The nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths.

nsb@Job:29:10 @ »The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

nsb@Job:29:11 @ »When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved.

nsb@Job:29:12 @ »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper.

nsb@Job:29:13 @ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widows heart to sing for joy.

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

nsb@Job:29:15 @ »I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.

nsb@Job:29:16 @ »I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger.

nsb@Job:29:17 @ »I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth.

nsb@Job:29:18 @ »Then I thought: I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the grains of sand.

nsb@Job:29:19 @ »My roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches.

nsb@Job:29:20 @ »My glory was fresh within me, and my bow ever new in my hand.

nsb@Job:29:21 @ »They listened to me, and waited! They kept quiet to hear my counsel.

nsb@Job:29:22 @ »After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them like dew.

nsb@Job:29:23 @ »They waited for me as for the rain. They opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

nsb@Job:29:24 @ »I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They did not extinguish the light of my countenance.

nsb@Job:29:25 @ »I chose their way, and sat as chief. I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.

Job 29