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2.3 KiB
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77 lines
2.3 KiB
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## Job Continues His Discourse
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###### 1
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And Job continued to lift up his discourse and said,
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###### 2
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"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God kept me,
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###### 3
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When His lamp shone over my head, _And_ by His light I walked through darkness,
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###### 4
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As I was in the prime of my days, When the _intimate_ counsel with God _was_ over my tent,
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###### 5
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When the Almighty was yet with me, _And_ my children were around me,
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###### 6
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When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!
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###### 7
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When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,
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###### 8
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The young men saw me and hid, And the old men arose _and_ stood.
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###### 9
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The princes stopped talking And put _their_ hands on their mouths;
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The voice of the nobles was hidden _away_, And their tongue clung to their palate.
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###### 11
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For the ear heard, and it called me blessed, And the eye saw, and it gave witness of me,
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###### 12
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Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper.
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###### 13
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The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy.
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###### 14
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I clothed _myself_ with righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
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I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.
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I was a father to the needy, And I searched out the case which I did not know.
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###### 17
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I broke the fangs of the unjust And snatched the prey from his teeth.
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###### 18
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Then I said, 'I will breathe my last in my nest, And I shall multiply _my_ days as the sand.
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My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.
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###### 20
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My glory is _ever_ new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.'
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###### 21
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"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
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###### 22
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After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.
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###### 23
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They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the late rain.
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###### 24
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I laughed with them _as_ they could not believe _it_, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
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###### 25
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I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as _their_ head among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.
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