Job 29 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 29

Again, Job

continued

his discourse

and said:

“How I long for

the months

gone by,

for the days

when God

watched over me,

when His lamp

shone

above

my head,

and by His light

I walked

through the darkness,

when

I was

in the days

of my youth,

when the friendship

of God

rested on

my tent,

when the Almighty

was still

with me

and my children

were around me,

when my steps

were bathed

in cream

and the rock

poured out

for me

streams

of oil!

When I went out

to the city

gate

and took

my seat

in the public square,

the young men

saw me

and withdrew,

and the old men

rose

to their feet.

The princes

refrained

from speaking

and covered

their mouths

with their hands.

The voices

of the nobles

were hushed,

and their tongues

stuck

to the roofs of their mouths.

For

those

who heard me

called me blessed,

and those who

saw me

commended me,

because

I rescued

the poor

who cried out

and the fatherless

who had no

helper.

The dying man

blessed me,

and I made the widow’s

heart

sing for joy.

I put on

righteousness,

and it clothed me;

justice

was my robe

and turban.

I served as

eyes

to the blind

and

as feet

to the lame.

I

was a father

to the needy,

and I took up

the case

of the stranger.

I shattered

the fangs

of the unjust

and snatched

the prey

from his teeth.

So I thought:

‘I will die

in

my nest

and multiply

my days

as the sand.

My roots

will spread out

to

the waters,

and the dew

will rest nightly

on my branches.

My glory

is ever new

within me,

and my bow

is renewed

in my hand.

Men listened

to me

with expectation,

waiting silently

for

my counsel.

After

my words,

they spoke

no more;

my speech

settled

on them like dew.

They waited

for me as for rain

and drank in my words

like spring showers.

If I smiled

at them,

they did not

believe it;

the light

of my countenance

was precious.

I chose

their course

and presided

as chief.

So I dwelt

as a king

among his troops,

as a comforter

of mourners.

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