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Job 29:1

And Job again took up his discourse and said,

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Job 29:2

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

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Job 29:3

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

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Job 29:4

As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent;

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Job 29:5

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

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Job 29:6

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

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Job 29:7

"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,

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Job 29:8

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

Job 29:9

"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths;

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Job 29:10

The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate.

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Job 29:11

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

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Job 29:12

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

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Job 29:13

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

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Job 29:14

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

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Job 29:15

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

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Job 29:16

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

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Job 29:17

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

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Job 29:18

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

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Job 29:19

‘My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.

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Job 29:20

‘My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'

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Job 29:21

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

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Job 29:22

"After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.

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Job 29:23

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

Job 29:24

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

Job 29:25

"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.

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Job 30:1

"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

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Job 30:2

"Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.

Job 30:3

"From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,

Job 30:4

Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

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Job 30:5

"They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,

Job 30:6

So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

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Job 30:7

"Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

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Job 30:8

"Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.

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Job 30:9

"And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.

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Job 30:10

"They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.

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Job 30:11

"Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me.

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Job 30:12

"On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

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Job 30:13

"They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them.

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Job 30:14

"As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on.

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Job 30:15

"Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

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Job 30:16

"And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.

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Job 30:17

"At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.

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Job 30:18

"By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.

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Job 30:19

"He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.

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Job 30:20

"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

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Job 30:21

"You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

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Job 30:22

"You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; And You dissolve me in a storm.

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Job 30:23

"For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living.

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Job 30:24

"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?

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Job 30:25

"Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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Job 30:26

"When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.

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Job 30:27

"I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me.

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Job 30:28

"I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

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Job 30:29

"I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.

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Job 30:30

"My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.

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Job 30:31

"Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

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