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 <div class="label">29</div><div class="s">Job&#8217;s Summary Defense</div><div class="p">1Job further continued his discourse, and said:</div><div class="q1">2&#8220;Oh, that I were as in months #Job 1:1&#8211;5past,</div><div class="q2">As in the days when God #Job 1:10watched over me;</div><div class="q2">3#Job 18:6When His lamp shone upon my head,</div><div class="q2">And when by His light I walked through darkness;</div><div class="q2">4Just as I was in the days of my prime,</div><div class="q2">When #Job 15:8; (Ps. 25:14; Prov. 3:32)the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;</div><div class="q2">5When the Almighty was yet with me,</div><div class="q2">When my children were around me;</div><div class="q2">6When #Gen. 49:11; Deut. 32:14; Job 20:17my steps were bathed with cream,</div><div class="q2">And #Deut. 32:13; Ps. 81:16the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!</div><div class="q1">7&#8220;When I went out to the gate by the city,</div><div class="q2">When I took my seat in the open square,</div><div class="q2">8The young men saw me and hid,</div><div class="q2">And the aged arose and stood;</div><div class="q2">9The princes refrained from talking,</div><div class="q2">And #Job 21:5put their hand on their mouth;</div><div class="q2">10The voice of nobles was hushed,</div><div class="q2">And their #Ps. 137:6tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.</div><div class="q2">11When the ear heard, then it blessed me,</div><div class="q2">And when the eye saw, then it approved me;</div><div class="q2">12Because #Job 31:16&#8211;23; (Ps. 72:12; Prov. 21:13; 24:11)I delivered the poor who cried out,</div><div class="q2">The fatherless and the one who had no helper.</div><div class="q2">13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,</div><div class="q2">And I caused the widow&#8217;s heart to sing for joy.</div><div class="q2">14#Deut. 24:13; Job 27:5, 6; Ps. 132:9; (Is. 59:17; 61:10; Eph. 6:14)I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;</div><div class="q2">My justice was like a robe and a turban.</div><div class="q2">15I was #Num. 10:31eyes to the blind,</div><div class="q2">And I was feet to the lame.</div><div class="q2">16I was a father to the poor,</div><div class="q2">And #Prov. 29:7I searched out the case that I did not know.</div><div class="q2">17I broke #Ps. 58:6; Prov. 30:14the fangs of the wicked,</div><div class="q2">And plucked the victim from his teeth.</div><div class="q1">18&#8220;Then I said, #Ps. 30:6&#8216;I shall die in my nest,</div><div class="q2">And multiply my days as the sand.</div><div class="q2">19#Job 18:16My root is spread out #Ps. 1:3; (Jer. 17:7, 8)to the waters,</div><div class="q2">And the dew lies all night on my branch.</div><div class="q2">20My glory is fresh within me,</div><div class="q2">And my #Gen. 49:24; Ps. 18:34bow is renewed in my hand.&#8217;</div><div class="q2">21&#8220;Men listened to me and waited,</div><div class="q2">And kept silence for my counsel.</div><div class="q2">22After my words they did not speak again,</div><div class="q2">And my speech settled on them as dew.</div><div class="q2">23They waited for me as for the rain,</div><div class="q2">And they opened their mouth wide as for #(Zech. 10:1)the spring rain.</div><div class="q2">24If I mocked at them, they did not believe it,</div><div class="q2">And the light of my countenance they did not cast down.</div><div class="q2">25I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;</div><div class="q2">So I dwelt as a king in the army,</div><div class="q2">As one who comforts mourners.</div>
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Job further continued his discourse, and said:
“Oh, that I were as in months past,
As in the days when God watched over me;
When His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;
Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;
When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;
When my steps were bathed with cream,
And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!
“When I went out to the gate by the city,
When I took my seat in the open square,
The young men saw me and hid,
And the aged arose and stood;
The princes refrained from talking,
And put their hand on their mouth;
The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
Because I delivered the poor who cried out,
The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
I was a father to the poor,
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
“Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply my days as the sand.
My root is spread out to the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
My glory is fresh within me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
“Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them as dew.
They waited for me as for the 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.
I chose the way for them, and sat as chief;
So I dwelt as a king in the army,
As one who comforts mourners.

Listen to Job 29