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Job’s Summary Defense
Job further continued his discourse, and said:
Job further continued his discourse, 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 watched over me;
As in the days when God watched over me;
“I long for the years gone by
when God took care of me,
when God took care of me,
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;
when he lit up the way before me
and I walked safely through the darkness.
and I walked safely through the darkness.
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 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,
When my children were around me;
When my children were around me;
The Almighty was still with me,
and my children were around me.
and my children were around me.
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 took my seat in the open square,
When I took my seat in the open square,
“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,
And the aged arose and stood;
And the aged arose and stood;
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.
The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;
And put their 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 nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
The highest officials of the city stood quietly,
holding their tongues in respect.
holding their tongues in respect.
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;
“All who heard me praised me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
All who saw me spoke well of me.
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.
For I assisted the poor in their need
and the orphans who required help.
and the orphans who required help.
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 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 like a robe and a turban.
My justice was like a robe 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 I was feet to the lame.
And I was feet 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 poor,
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
I was a father to the poor
and assisted strangers who needed help.
and assisted strangers who needed help.
I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
I broke the jaws of godless oppressors
and plucked their victims from their teeth.
and plucked their victims from their teeth.
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
And multiply my days as the sand.
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.
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 is fresh within me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
New honors are constantly bestowed on me,
and my strength is continually renewed.’
and my strength is continually renewed.’
“Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
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 did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
And my speech settled on them as dew.
And after I spoke, they had nothing to add,
for my counsel satisfied them.
for my counsel satisfied them.
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.
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 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.
When they were discouraged, I smiled at them.
My look of approval was precious to them.
My look of approval was precious to them.