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Job’s expected blessing

18 I thought, I’ll die in my nest,
        multiply days like sand,[a]
19     my roots opening to water,
        dew lingering on my branches,
20     my honor newly with me,
        my bow ever successful in my hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:18 Heb uncertain

18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
    my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(A)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(B)
    and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(C)
20 My glory will not fade;(D)
    the bow(E) will be ever new in my hand.’(F)

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