Job 29 | BSB Bible Study

Job 29:1 (BSB)
And Job continued his discourse:

Job 29:2 (BSB)
“How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me,

Job 29:3 (BSB)
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,

Job 29:4 (BSB)
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Job 29:5 (BSB)
when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,

Job 29:6 (BSB)
when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Job 29:7 (BSB)
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,

Job 29:8 (BSB)
the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet.

Job 29:9 (BSB)
The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.

Job 29:10 (BSB)
The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:11 (BSB)
For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,

Job 29:12 (BSB)
because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 29:13 (BSB)
The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Job 29:14 (BSB)
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.

Job 29:15 (BSB)
I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:16 (BSB)
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.

Job 29:17 (BSB)
I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Job 29:18 (BSB)
So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Job 29:19 (BSB)
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Job 29:20 (BSB)
My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

Job 29:21 (BSB)
Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

Job 29:22 (BSB)
After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

Job 29:23 (BSB)
They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.

Job 29:24 (BSB)
If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.

Job 29:25 (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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