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Job's Former Blessings
And Job continued his parable and said,
And Job continued his parable and said,
Job’s Summary Defense
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
“Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
as in the days when God watched over me,
When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
when his lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,
When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
when the Almighty was yet with me,
when my children were all around me,
when my children were all around me,
When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...
when my steps were washed with butter,
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
When I went out to the gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
and the aged rose and stood;
Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
the princes refrained from talking
and laid their hand on their mouth;
and laid their hand on their mouth;
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and a turban.
my justice was like a robe and a turban.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
and feet to the lame.
I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I broke the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
and I shall multiply my days as the sand,
My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
my roots spread out to the waters,
with the dew all night on my branches,
with the dew all night on my branches,
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
my glory fresh with me,
and my bow ever new in my hand.’
and my bow ever new in my hand.’
Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
“Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
and kept silence for my counsel.
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word dropped upon them.
and my word dropped upon them.
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
They waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and the light of my face they did not cast down.
and the light of my face they did not cast down.