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Job’s Past Was Glorious
And Job again took up his discourse and said,
And Job again took up his discourse and said,
Job's Former Blessings
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;
As in the days when God watched over me;
Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;
And by His light I walked through darkness;
When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship of God was over my tent;
When the friendship of God was over my tent;
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
When the Almighty was yet 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 about me;
When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,
When I took my seat in the square,
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
The young men saw me and hid themselves,
And the old men arose and stood.
And the old men arose and stood.
The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;
And put their hands on their mouths;
The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to their palate.
And their tongue stuck to their palate.
The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
“For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,
When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Because I delivered the poor who cried for help,
And the orphan who had no helper.
And the orphan who had no helper.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
The blessing of him that was ready to perish 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.
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
“I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.
And feet to the lame.
I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
“I was a father to the needy,
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
And I investigated the case which I did not know.
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
And snatched the prey from his teeth.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
“Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
‘My root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.
And dew lies all night on my branch.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.
And kept silent for my counsel.
Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.
And my speech dropped on them.
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
“They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.
And the light of my face they did not cast down.
If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.