New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 29:7-25

7When I wentH3318 out to 1the gateH8179 of the cityH7176, When I 2tookH3559 my seatH4186 in the squareH7339,8The youngH5288 menH5288 sawH7200 me and hidH2244 themselves, And the oldH3453 menH3453 aroseH6965 and stoodH5975.9The princesH8269 3stoppedH6113 talkingH4405 And 4putH7760 their handsH3709 on their mouthsH6310;10The voiceH6963 of the noblesH5057 was 5 6hushedH2244, And their 7tongueH3956 stuckH1692 to their palateH2441.11For when 8the earH241 heardH8085, it calledH833 me blessedH833, And when the eyeH5869 sawH7200, it gaveH5749 witnessH5749 of me,12BecauseH3588 I deliveredH4422 9the poorH6041 who criedH7768 for helpH7768, And the 10orphanH3490 who had noH3808 helperH5826.13The blessingH1293 of the one 11ready to perishH6 cameH935 upon me, And I made the 12widow’sH490 heartH3820 singH7442 for joyH7442.14I 13putH3847 on righteousnessH6664, and it clothedH3847 me; My justiceH4941 was like a robeH4598 and a turbanH6797.15I was 14eyesH5869 to the blindH5787 And feetH7272 to the lameH6455.16I was a fatherH1 to 15the needyH34, And I investigatedH2713 the caseH7379 which I did not knowH3045.17I 16brokeH7665 the jawsH4973 of the wickedH5767 And snatchedH7993 the preyH2964 from his teethH8127.18Then I 17thoughtH559, ‘I shall dieH1478 18in my nestH7064, And I shall multiplyH7235 my daysH3117 as the sandH2344.19My 19rootH8328 is spreadH6605 out to the watersH4325, And 20dewH2919 liesH3885 all nightH3885 on my branchH7105.20My gloryH3519 is ever newH2319 with me, And my 21bowH7198 is renewedH2498 in my handH3027.’

21“To me 22they listenedH8085 and waitedH3176, And keptH1826 silentH1826 for my counselH6098.22AfterH310 my wordsH1697 they did not 23speakH8138 againH8138, And 24my speechH4405 droppedH5197 on them.23They waitedH3176 for me as for the rainH4306, And openedH6473 their mouthH6310 as for the springH4456 rainH4456.24I smiledH7832 on them when they did not believeH539, And the lightH216 of my faceH6440 they did not castH5307 downH5307.25I choseH977 a wayH1870 for them and satH3427 as 25chiefH7218, And dweltH7931 as a kingH4428 among the troopsH1416, As one whoH3512 26comfortedH5162 the mournersH57.

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Notes

1. Job 29:7 Job 31:21 ↩
2. Job 29:7 Lit set up ↩
3. Job 29:9 Job 29:21 ↩
4. Job 29:9 Job 21:5 ↩
5. Job 29:10 Lit hidden ↩
6. Job 29:10 Job 29:22 ↩
7. Job 29:10 Ps 137:6 ↩
8. Job 29:11 Job 4:3, 4 ↩
9. Job 29:12 Job 24:4, 9; 34:28; Ps 72:12; Prov 21:13 ↩
10. Job 29:12 Job 31:17, 21 ↩
11. Job 29:13 Job 31:19 ↩
12. Job 29:13 Job 22:9 ↩
13. Job 29:14 Job 27:5, 6; Ps 132:9; Is 59:17; 61:10; Eph 6:14 ↩
14. Job 29:15 Num 10:31 ↩
15. Job 29:16 Job 24:4; Prov 29:7 ↩
16. Job 29:17 Ps 3:7 ↩
17. Job 29:18 Lit said ↩
18. Job 29:18 Lit with ↩
19. Job 29:19 Jer 17:8 ↩
20. Job 29:19 Hos 14:5 ↩
21. Job 29:20 Gen 49:24; Ps 18:34 ↩
22. Job 29:21 Job 4:3; 29:9 ↩
23. Job 29:22 Job 29:10 ↩
24. Job 29:22 Deut 32:2 ↩
25. Job 29:25 Job 1:3; 31:37 ↩
26. Job 29:25 Job 4:4; 16:5 ↩

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