New American Standard Bible 2020

Job 29:7-25

7When I wentH3318 outH3318 to 1the gateH8179 of the cityH7176, When I 2tookH3559 my seatH4186 in the publicH7339 squareH7339,8The youngH5288 menH5288 sawH7200 me and hidH2244 themselves, And the oldH3453 menH3453 aroseH6965 and stoodH5975.9The leadersH8269 3stoppedH6113 talkingH4405 And 4putH7760 their handsH3709 on their mouthsH6310;10The voicesH6963 of the prominentH5057 peopleH5057 were 5 6hushedH2244, And their 7tonguesH3956 stuckH1692 to their palatesH2441.11For when 8an earH241 heardH8085, it calledH833 me blessedH833, And when an eyeH5869 sawH7200, it testifiedH5749 inH5749 supportH5749 ofH5749 me,12BecauseH3588 I savedH4422 9the poorH6041 who criedH7768 forH7768 helpH7768, And the 10orphanH3490 who had noH3808 helperH5826.13The blessingH1293 of the one who 11was about to perishH6 cameH935 upon me, And I made the 12widow’sH490 heartH3820 singH7442 forH7442 joyH7442.14I 13putH3847 onH3847 righteousnessH6664, and it clothedH3847 me; My justiceH4941 was like a robeH4598 and a headbandH6797.15I was 14eyesH5869 to those who were blindH5787, And feetH7272 to those who 15couldH6455 notH6455 walkH6455.16I was a fatherH1 to 16the poorH34, And I investigatedH2713 the caseH7379 which I did not knowH3045.17I 17brokeH7665 the jawsH4973 of the wickedH5767 And rescuedH7993 the preyH2964 from his teethH8127.18Then I 18thoughtH559, ‘I will dieH1478 with my 19familyH7064, And I will multiplyH7235 my daysH3117 as the sandH2344.19My 20rootH8328 is spreadH6605 outH6605 to the watersH4325, And 21dewH2919 liesH3885 on my branchH7105 allH3885 nightH3885.20My gloryH3519 is ever newH2319 with me, And my 22bowH7198 is renewedH2498 in my handH3027.’

21“To me 23they listenedH8085 and waitedH3176, And they keptH1826 silentH1826 for my adviceH6098.22AfterH310 my wordsH1697 24they didH8138 not speak againH8138, And 25my speechH4405 droppedH5197 on them.23They waitedH3176 for me as for the rainH4306, And openedH6473 their mouthsH6310 as for the lateH4456 rainH4456.24I smiledH7832 at them when they did not believeH539, And they did not lookH5307 atH5307 26my kindnessH216 H6440 ungraciouslyH5307.25I choseH977 a wayH1870 for them and satH3427 as 27chiefH7218, And livedH7931 as a kingH4428 among the troopsH1416, As one whoH3512 28comfortedH5162 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 29:15 Or limped ↩
16. Job 29:16 Job 24:4; Prov 29:7 ↩
17. Job 29:17 Ps 3:7 ↩
18. Job 29:18 Lit said ↩
19. Job 29:18 Lit nest ↩
20. Job 29:19 Jer 17:8 ↩
21. Job 29:19 Hos 14:5 ↩
22. Job 29:20 Gen 49:24; Ps 18:34 ↩
23. Job 29:21 Job 4:3; 29:9 ↩
24. Job 29:22 Job 29:10 ↩
25. Job 29:22 Deut 32:2 ↩
26. Job 29:24 Lit the light of my face ↩
27. Job 29:25 Job 1:3; 31:37 ↩
28. Job 29:25 Job 4:4; 16:5 ↩

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