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Job's Former Blessings
And Job continued his parable and said,
And Job continued his parable and said,
Job Speaks of His Former Blessings
Job continued speaking:
Job continued speaking:
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;
“I long for the years gone by
when God took care of me,
when God took care of me,
When his lamp shone over my head, [and] by his light I walked through darkness;
when he lit up the way before me
and I walked safely through the darkness.
and I walked safely through the darkness.
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,
When I was in my prime,
God’s friendship was felt in my home.
God’s friendship was felt in my home.
When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;
The Almighty was still 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! ...
My steps were awash in cream,
and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.
and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.
When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,
“Those were the days when I went to the city gate
and took my place among the honored leaders.
and took my place among the honored leaders.
The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose [and] stood up;
The young stepped aside when they saw me,
and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.
and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.
Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth;
The princes stood in silence
and put their hands over their mouths.
and put their hands over their mouths.
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.
The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
holding their tongues in respect.
holding their tongues in respect.
When the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me;
“All who heard me praised me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
and the orphans who required help.
The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
I helped those without hope, and they blessed me.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.
Everything I did was honest.
Righteousness covered me like a robe,
and I wore justice like a turban.
Righteousness covered me like a robe,
and I wore justice like a turban.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
I served as eyes for the blind
and feet for the lame.
and feet for 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 poor
and assisted strangers who needed help.
and assisted strangers who needed help.
And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors
and plucked their victims from their teeth.
and plucked their victims from their teeth.
And I said, I shall die in my nest, and 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;
For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water,
whose branches are refreshed with the dew.
whose branches are refreshed with the dew.
My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
New honors are constantly bestowed on me,
and my strength is continually renewed.’
and my strength is continually renewed.’
Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel:
“Everyone listened to my advice.
They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
They were silent as they waited for me to speak.
After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.
for my counsel satisfied them.
And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
They longed for me to speak as people long for rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.
[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
My look of approval was precious to them.