{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":29,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/28","next":"job/30","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"And Job continued his discourse:","f":[],"h":"Job’s Former Blessings","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ How I long for the months gone by,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the days when God watched over me,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when His lamp shone above my head,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and by His light I walked through the darkness,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,","f":["Hebrew in the time of my harvest"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when I was in my prime,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"when the friendship of God rested on my tent,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when the Almighty was still with me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my children were around me,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"when my steps were bathed in cream"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When I went out to the city gate"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and took my seat in the public square,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"the young men saw me and withdrew,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the old men rose to their feet."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The princes refrained from speaking"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and covered their mouths with their hands."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The voices of the nobles were hushed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For those who heard me called me blessed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those who saw me commended me,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"because I rescued the poor who cried out"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the fatherless who had no helper."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The dying man blessed me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"justice was my robe and my turban."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"I [served as] eyes to the blind [and] as feet to the lame.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I [served as] eyes to the blind"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] as feet to the lame."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I was a father to the needy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I took up the case of the stranger."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I shattered the fangs of the unjust"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and snatched the prey from his teeth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"So I thought:‘ I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"So I thought:‘ I will die in my nest"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and multiply my days as the sand."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"My roots [will] spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My roots [will] spread out to the waters,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the dew will rest nightly on my branches."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"My glory is [ever] new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My glory is [ever] new within me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my bow is renewed in my hand.’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Men listened to me with expectation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"waiting silently for my counsel."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"After my words, they spoke no more;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my speech settled on them like dew."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They waited for me as for rain"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and drank in my words like spring showers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I smiled at them, they did not believe it;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the light of my countenance was precious."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.[’’]","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I chose their course and presided as chief."},{"style":"indent2","t":"So I dwelt as a king among his troops,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as a comforter of the mourners.[’’]"}],"style":"indent1"}]}