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Job's Former Blessings
And Job continued his parable and said,
And Job continued his parable and said,
Job’s Past Was Glorious
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 months gone by,
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 over 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,
As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship of God was over my tent;
When the friendship 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,
And my children were around me;
And my children were around me;
When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...
When my steps were bathed in 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 took my seat in the square,
When I took 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 hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.
And the old men arose and stood.
Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;
And put their hands on their mouths;
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 their palate.
And their tongue stuck to their palate.
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
“For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
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 orphan who had no helper.
And the orphan who had no helper.
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
And I made the widow’s heart 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 investigated the case which I did not know.
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
And snatched the 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 root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.
And dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.
And kept silent for my counsel.
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.
And my speech dropped on 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 opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
And opened their mouth 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 did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.
And the light of my face they did not cast down.