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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 29 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/29.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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30">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job Continues</h5><h3 class="s1">I Long for the Past</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.1" class="v18_29_1">1</span>Job said:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.2" class="v18_29_2">2</span>I long for the past,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_2">when God took care of me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.3" class="v18_29_3">3</span>and the light from his lamp</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_3">showed me the way</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_3">through the dark.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.4" class="v18_29_4">4</span>I was in the prime of life,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_4">God All-Powerful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_4">was my closest friend,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.5" class="v18_29_5">5</span>and all of my children</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_5">were nearby.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.6" class="v18_29_6">6</span>My herds gave enough milk</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_6">to bathe my feet,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_6">and from my olive harvest</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_6">flowed rivers of oil.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_6">* </span><span class="v18_29_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.7" class="v18_29_7">7</span>When I sat down at the meeting</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_7">of the city council,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.8" class="v18_29_8">8</span>the young leaders stepped aside,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_8">* </span><span class="v18_29_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.9" class="v18_29_9">9</span>while the older ones stood</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.10" class="v18_29_10">10</span>and remained silent.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Everyone Was Pleased</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.11" class="v18_29_11">11</span>Everyone was pleased</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_11">with what I said and did.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.12" class="v18_29_12">12</span>When poor people or orphans</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_12">cried out for help,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_12">I came to their rescue.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.13" class="v18_29_13">13</span>And I was highly praised</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_13">for my generosity to widows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_13">and others in poverty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.14" class="v18_29_14">14</span>Kindness and justice</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_14">were my coat and hat;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.15" class="v18_29_15">15</span>I was helpful to the blind</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_15">and to the lame.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.16" class="v18_29_16">16</span>I was a father to the needy,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_16">and I defended them in court,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_16">even if they were strangers.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.17" class="v18_29_17">17</span>When criminals attacked,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_17">I broke their teeth</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_17">and set their victims free.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.18" class="v18_29_18">18</span>I felt certain that I would live</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_18">a long and happy life,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_18">then die in my own bed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.19" class="v18_29_19">19</span>In those days I was strong</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_19">like a tree with deep roots</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_19">and with plenty of water,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.20" class="v18_29_20">20</span>or like an archer's new bow.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.21" class="v18_29_21">21</span>Everyone listened in silence</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_21">to my welcome advice,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.22" class="v18_29_22">22</span>and when I finished speaking,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_22">nothing needed to be said.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.23" class="v18_29_23">23</span>My words were eagerly accepted</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_23">like the showers of spring,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.24" class="v18_29_24">24</span>and the smile on my face</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_29_24">renewed everyone's hopes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_29_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.29.25" class="v18_29_25">25</span>My advice was followed</span></p><p class="q1"><span 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