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Job 29 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

1. Job took up his theme again and said:

VI. JOB’S FINAL SUMMARY OF HIS CAUSE

2. Oh, that I were as in the months past,as in the days when God watched over me:

3. While he kept his lamp shining above my head,and by his light I walked through darkness;

4. As I was in my flourishing days,when God sheltered my tent;

5. When the Almighty was still with me,and my children were round about me;

6. When my footsteps were bathed in cream,and the rock flowed with streams of oil.

7. Whenever I went out to the gate of the cityand took my seat in the square,

8. The young men saw me and withdrew,and the elders rose up and stood;

9. Officials refrained from speakingand covered their mouths with their hands;

10. The voice of the princes was silenced,and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

11. The ear that heard blessed me;the eye that saw acclaimed me.

12. For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,the orphans, and the unassisted;

13. The blessing of those in extremity came upon me,and the heart of the widow I made joyful.

14. I wore my righteousness like a garment;justice was my robe and my turban.

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

16. I was a father to the poor;the complaint of the stranger I pursued,

17. And I broke the jaws of the wicked man;from his teeth I forced the prey.

18. I said: “In my own nest I shall grow old;I shall multiply years like the phoenix.

19. My root is spread out to the waters;the dew rests by night on my branches.

20. My glory is fresh within me,and my bow is renewed in my hand!”

21. For me they listened and waited;they were silent for my counsel.

22. Once I spoke, they said no more,but received my pronouncement drop by drop.

23. They waited for me as for the rain;they drank in my words like the spring rains.

24. When I smiled on them they could not believe it;they would not let the light of my face be dimmed.

25. I decided their course and sat at their head,I lived like a king among the troops,like one who comforts mourners.