The Book of Job
capítulo 29
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Job again took up his parable, and said,
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“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;
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when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,
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as I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was in my tent,
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when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me,
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when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil for me,
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when I went out to the city gate, when I prepared my seat in the street.
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The young men saw me and hid themselves. The aged rose up and stood.
verso 9
The princes refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
verso 10
The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
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For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,
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because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
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the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame.
verso 16
I was a father to the needy. I researched the cause of him whom I didn’t know.
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I broke the jaws of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth.
verso 18
Then I said, ‘I will die in my own house, I will count my days as the sand.
verso 19
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
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My glory is fresh in me. My bow is renewed in my hand.’
verso 21
“Men listened to me, waited, and kept silence for my counsel.
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After my words they didn’t speak again. My speech fell on them.
verso 23
They waited for me as for the rain. Their mouths drank as with the spring rain.
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I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
verso 25
I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.
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