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29:1  1 Job complaineth of the prosperity of the time past.  7, 21 His authority. 22 Justice and equity. So Job proceeded, and continued his parable, saying,
29:2  Oh that I were as in times past, when God preserved me!
29:3  When his light shined upon mine head: and when by his light I walked through the darkness,
29:4  As I was in the days of my youth: when God’s providence was upon my tabernacle:
29:5  When the Almighty was yet with me, and my children round about me:
29:6  when I washed my paths with butter, and when the rock poured me out rivers of oil:
29:7  When I went out to the gate, even to the judgment seat, and when I caused them to prepare my seat in the street.
29:8  The young men saw me, and hid themselves, and the aged arose, and stood up.
29:9  The princes stayed talk, and laid their hand on their mouth.
29:10  The voice of princes was hid, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
29:11  And when the ear heard me, it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me.
29:12  For I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
29:13  The blessing of him that was ready to perish, came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to rejoice.
29:14  I put on justice, and it covered me: my judgment was as a robe, and a crown.
29:15  I was the eyes to the blind, and I was the feet to the lame.
29:16  I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not the cause, I sought it out diligently.
29:17  I brake also the jaws of the unrighteous man, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
29:18  Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
29:19  For my root is spread out by the water, and the dew shall lie upon my branch.
29:20  My glory shall renew toward me, and my bow shall be restored in mine hand.
29:21  Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and held their tongue at my counsel.
29:22  After my words they replied not, and my talk dropped upon them.
29:23  And they waited for me, as for the rain, and they opened their mouth as for the latter rain.
29:24  If I laughed on them, they believed it not: neither did they cause the light of my countenance to fall.
29:25  I appointed out their way, and did sit as chief, and dwelt as a King in the army, and like him that comforteth the mourners.