Golden early morning at the plain gate of a small fieldstone town: a tall man in a cream robe and indigo mantle walks up the road with his staff, small in the frame, as people part to let him through, under a calm clear sky.

The Book of

Job 29

Job speaks, and the friends have gone quiet. His last speech begins with what he has lost: the way it used to be.

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In this chapter

Where we are

1–3The testBlameless, stripped of everything, and his cry
4–14Round oneThe friends speak; Job answers
15–21Round twoMy Redeemer lives
22–31Round threeThen wisdom, and Job's last defenseChapter 29
32–37ElihuA younger voice
38–41The LORD speaksOut of the whirlwind
42The endJob prays and is restored

Job’s Former Blessings

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And Job continued his discourse:

“How I long for the months gone by,

for the days when God watched over me,

when His lamp shone above my head,

and by His light I walked through the darkness,

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Evening at the mouth of a great black tent: a gray-streaked father sits on a mat with seven grown sons and three grown daughters around him, bread and clay cups between them, all laughing in warm low light.

when I was in my prime,

when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

when the Almighty was still with me

and my children were around me,

when my steps were bathed in cream

and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

Reflect

The months gone by

Job does not pretend the good years were nothing. What time in your life do you miss? Write it down, and write one thing that was God’s kindness in it.

Job

Evening at a small stone house at the edge of a town: a widow with lifted hands laughs with relief beside a full basket at her door, as a tall man walks away down the lane, small, under a calm evening sky.

For those who heard me called me blessed,

and those who saw me commended me,

because I rescued the poor who cried out

and the fatherless who had no helper.

The dying man blessed me,

and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

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Job

Job

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;

justice was my robe and my turban.

I served as eyes to the blind

and as feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy,

and I took up the case of the stranger.

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I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:15

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I shattered the fangs of the unjust

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

Question

Quick question

Job remembers what he did.

What did Job do for the widow?

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So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest

and multiply my days as the sand.

My roots will spread out to the waters,

and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

My glory is ever new within me,

and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

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Men listened to me with expectation,

waiting silently for my counsel.

After my words, they spoke no more;

my speech settled on them like dew.

They waited for me as for rain

and drank in my words like spring showers.

If I smiled at them, they did not believe it;

the light of my countenance was precious.

I chose their course and presided as chief.

So I dwelt as a king among his troops,

as a comforter of the mourners.

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Pray

Thank God for what He has given you. Pray for those who have lost what they had and can only look back. Ask for open hands toward the poor, while you have the power to help.

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I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.

Job 29:15

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