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Job’s Final Defense
Job continued his discourse:
Job continued his discourse:
Job’s Summary Defense
Job further continued his discourse, and said:
Job further continued his discourse, and said:
“How I long for the months gone by,
for the days when God watched over me,
for the days when God watched over me,
“Oh, that I were as in months past,
As in the days when God watched over me;
As in the days when God watched over me;
when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!
and by his light I walked through darkness!
When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me,
and my children were around me,
When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
When my children were around me;
when my path was drenched with cream
and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
“When I went to the gate of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
and took my seat in the public square,
“When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
When I took my seat in the open square,
the young men saw me and stepped aside
and the old men rose to their feet;
and the old men rose to their feet;
The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
And the aged arose and stood;
the chief men refrained from speaking
and covered their mouths with their hands;
and covered their mouths with their hands;
The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;
And put their hand on their mouth;
the voices of the nobles were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,
and those who saw me commended me,
When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
The one who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing.
I made the widow’s heart sing.
The blessing of a perishing man 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 as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.
justice was my robe and my 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 to the lame.
and feet to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
And I was feet to the lame.
I was a father to the needy;
I took up the case of the stranger.
I took up the case of the stranger.
I was a father to the poor,
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims from their teeth.
and snatched the victims from their teeth.
I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
“I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
And multiply my days as the sand.
My roots will reach to the water,
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory will not fade;
the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
My glory is fresh within me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
“People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.
waiting in silence for my counsel.
“Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
And kept silence for my counsel.
After I had spoken, they spoke no more;
my words fell gently on their ears.
my words fell gently on their ears.
After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
And my speech settled on them as dew.
They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.
and drank in my words as the spring rain.
They waited for me as for the rain,
And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
And they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.
If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.
And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.