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Job 29

Job's Past Was Glorious

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And Jobh347 againh3254 tookh5375 up his  adiscourseh4912 and saidh559,

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"Ohh4310h5414 that I were as in monthsh3391 goneh6924a by, As in the daysh3117 when Godh433  awatchedh8104 over me;

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When  aHis lamph5216 shoneh1984a overh5921 my headh7218, And  bby His lighth216 I walkedh1980 through darknessh2822;

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As I was in  1the primeh2779 of my daysh3117, When the  2 afriendshiph5475 of Godh433 was overh5921 my tenth168;

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When  1the Almightyh7706b was yeth5750 with me, And my childrenh5288 were aroundh5439 me;

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When my stepsh1978 were bathedh7364 in  abutterh2529, And the  brockh6697 pouredh6694 out for me streamsh6388 of oilh8081!

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"When I wenth3318 out to  athe gateh8179 of the cityh7176, When I  1tookh3559 my seath4186 in the squareh7339,

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The youngh5288 menh5288 sawh7200 me and hidh2244 themselves, And the oldh3453 menh3453 aroseh6965 and stoodh5975.

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"The princesh8269  astoppedh6113 talkingh4405 And  bputh7760 their handsh3709 on their mouthsh6310;

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The voiceh6963 of the noblesh5057 was  1 ahushedh2244, And their  btongueh3956 stuckh1692 to their palateh2441.

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"For when  athe earh241 heardh8085, it calledh833 me blessedh833, And when the eyeh5869 sawh7200, it gaveh5749b witnessh5749b of me,

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Becauseh3588 I deliveredh4422  athe poorh6041 who criedh7768 for helph7768, And the  borphanh3490 who had noh3808 helperh5826.

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"The blessingh1293 of the one  aready to perishh6 cameh935 upon me, And I made the  bwidow'sh490 hearth3820 singh7442 for joyh7442.

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"I  aputh3847 on righteousnessh6664, and it clothedh3847 me; My justiceh4941 was like a robeh4598 and a turbanh6797.

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"I was  aeyesh5869 to the blindh5787 And feeth7272 to the lameh6455.

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"I was a fatherh1 to  athe needyh34, And I investigatedh2713 the caseh7379 which I did not knowh3045.

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"I  abrokeh7665 the jawsh4973 of the wickedh5767a And snatchedh7993 the preyh2964 from his teethh8127.

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"Then I  1thoughth559, `I shall dieh1478  2in my nesth7064, And I shall multiplyh7235a my daysh3117 as the sandh2344.

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`My  arooth8328 is spreadh6605a out to the watersh4325, And  bdewh2919 liesh3885a all nighth3885a on my branchh7105b.

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`My gloryh3519b is ever newh2319 with me, And my  abowh7198 is renewedh2498 in my handh3027.'

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"To me  athey listenedh8085 and waitedh3176, And kepth1826a silenth1826a for my counselh6098.

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"Afterh310 my wordsh1697 they did not  aspeakh8138 againh8138, And  bmy speechh4405 droppedh5197 on them.

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"They waitedh3176 for me as for the rainh4306, And openedh6473 their mouthh6310 as for the springh4456 rainh4456.

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"I smiledh7832 on them when they did not believeh539, And the lighth216 of my faceh6440 they did not casth5307 downh5307.

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"I choseh977 a wayh1870 for them and sath3427 as  achiefh7218, And dwelth7931 as a kingh4428 among the troopsh1416, As one whoh3512c  bcomfortedh5162 the mournersh57.



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