Job’s Former Blessings 1 DBY And Job continued his parable and said, BSB BSB: And Job continued his discourse:
2 DBY Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; BSB BSB: “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,
3 DBY When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; BSB BSB: when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,
4 DBY As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of God was over my tent, BSB BSB: when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
5 DBY When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me; BSB BSB: when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,
6 DBY When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ... BSB BSB: when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
7 DBY When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway, BSB BSB: When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
8 DBY The young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged arose and stood up; BSB BSB: the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.
9 DBY Princes refrained from talking, and laid the hand on their mouth; BSB BSB: The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
10 DBY The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate. BSB BSB: The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.
11 DBY When the ear heard me , then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me , it gave witness to me; BSB BSB: For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
12 DBY For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper. BSB BSB: because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
13 DBY The blessing of him that was perishing came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. BSB BSB: The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14 DBY I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban. BSB BSB: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
15 DBY I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; BSB BSB: I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
16 DBY I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out; BSB BSB: I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
17 DBY And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. BSB BSB: I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.
18 DBY And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand; BSB BSB: So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
19 DBY My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch; BSB BSB: My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
20 DBY My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand. BSB BSB: My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 DBY Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel: BSB BSB: Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.
22 DBY After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them; BSB BSB: After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.
23 DBY And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. BSB BSB: They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.
24 DBY If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.BSB BSB: If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
25 DBY I chose their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth mourners. BSB BSB: I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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