Job - Chapter 29 | Good News Translation

  • 1. Job began speaking again.
  • 2. If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me.
  • 3. God was always with me then and gave me light as I walked through the darkness.
  • 4. Those were the days when I was prosperous, and the friendship of God protected my home.
  • 5. Almighty God was with me then, and I was surrounded by all my children.
  • 6. My cows and goats gave plenty of milk, and my olive trees grew in the rockiest soil.
  • 7. Whenever the city elders met and I took my place among them,
  • 8. young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect.
  • 9. The leaders of the people would stop talking;
  • 10. even the most important men kept silent.
  • 11. Everyone who saw me or heard of me had good things to say about what I had done.
  • 12. When the poor cried out, I helped them; I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.
  • 13. People who were in deepest misery praised me, and I helped widows find security.
  • 14. I have always acted justly and fairly.
  • 15. I was eyes for the blind, and feet for the lame.
  • 16. I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.
  • 17. I destroyed the power of cruel men and rescued their victims.
  • 18. I always expected to live a long life and to die at home in comfort.
  • 19. I was like a tree whose roots always have water and whose branches are wet with dew.
  • 20. Everyone was always praising me, and my strength never failed me.
  • 21. When I gave advice, people were silent and listened carefully to what I said;
  • 22. they had nothing to add when I had finished. My words sank in like drops of rain;
  • 23. everyone welcomed them just as farmers welcome rain in spring.
  • 24. I smiled on them when they had lost confidence; my cheerful face encouraged them.
  • 25. I took charge and made the decisions; I led them as a king leads his troops, and gave them comfort in their despair.
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