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<A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I went out to the city gate <p class="indent2"> and took my seat in the public square, <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>the young men saw me and withdrew, <p class="indent2"> and the old men rose to their feet. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The princes refrained from speaking <p class="indent2"> and covered their mouths with their hands. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The voices of the nobles were hushed, <p class="indent2"> and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For those who heard me called me blessed, <p class="indent2"> and those who saw me commended me, <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>because I rescued the poor who cried out <p class="indent2"> and the fatherless who had no helper. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The dying man blessed me, <p class="indent2"> and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; <p class="indent2"> justice was my robe and my turban. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I served as eyes to the blind <p class="indent2"> and as feet to the lame. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I was a father to the needy, <p class="indent2"> and I took up the case of the stranger. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I shattered the fangs of the unjust <p class="indent2"> and snatched the prey from his teeth. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest <p class="indent2"> and multiply my days as the sand. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My roots will spread out to the waters, <p class="indent2"> and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My glory is ever new within me, <p class="indent2"> and my bow is renewed in my hand.’ <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Men listened to me with expectation, <p class="indent2"> waiting silently for my counsel. <A name="23"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After my words, they spoke no more; <p class="indent2"> my speech settled on them like dew. <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>They waited for me as for rain <p class="indent2"> and drank in my words like spring showers. <A name="25"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; <p class="indent2"> the light of my countenance was precious. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/29-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>I chose their course and presided as chief. <p class="indent2"> So I dwelt as a king among his troops, <p class="indent2"> as a comforter of the mourners.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>in the time of my harvest</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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