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1Job continued speaking:

1Job continued his discourse:

2“I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,

2"How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

3when he lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.

3when his lamp shone on my head and by his light I walked through darkness!

4When I was in my prime, God’s friendship was felt in my home.

4Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God's intimate friendship blessed my house,

5The Almighty was still with me, and my children were around me.

5when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

6My steps were awash in cream, and the rocks gushed olive oil for me.

6when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.

7“Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.

7"When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,

8The young stepped aside when they saw me, and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.

8the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;

9The princes stood in silence and put their hands over their mouths.

9the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;

10The highest officials of the city stood quietly, holding their tongues in respect.

10the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11“All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.

11Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,

12For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.

12because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

13I helped those without hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows’ hearts to sing for joy.

13The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow's heart sing.

14Everything I did was honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.

14I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.

15I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

16I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.

16I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

17I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.

17I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

18“I thought, ‘Surely I will die surrounded by my family after a long, good life.

18"I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

19For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water, whose branches are refreshed with the dew.

19My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

20New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.’

20My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.'

21“Everyone listened to my advice. They were silent as they waited for me to speak.

21"People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.

22And after I spoke, they had nothing to add, for my counsel satisfied them.

22After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.

23They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.

23They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.

24When they were discouraged, I smiled at them. My look of approval was precious to them.

24When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.

25Like a chief, I told them what to do. I lived like a king among his troops and comforted those who mourned.

25I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

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