Job 29
English Standard Version
Job's Summary Defense
29 And Job again (A)took up his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 when his (B)lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 as I was in my prime,[a]
when the (C)friendship of God was upon my tent,
5 when the Almighty was yet with me,
when my (D)children were all around me,
6 when my steps were (E)washed with (F)butter,
and (G)the rock poured out for me streams of (H)oil!
7 When I went out to (I)the gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
9 the princes refrained from talking
and (J)laid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their (K)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I (L)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (M)The blessing of him who was (N)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (O)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (P)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (Q)a turban.
15 I was (R)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (S)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (T)broke (U)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18 (V)Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my (W)nest,
and I shall multiply my days as (X)the sand,
19 my (Y)roots spread out to (Z)the waters,
with the dew all night on my (AA)branches,
20 my glory fresh with me,
and my (AB)bow ever (AC)new in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word (AD)dropped upon them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
and they (AE)opened their mouths as for the (AF)spring rain.
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and (AG)the light of my (AH)face they did not cast down.
25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like (AI)a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
Footnotes
- Job 29:4 Hebrew my autumn days
Job 29
Dios Habla Hoy
Job
29 ¡Ojalá pudiera yo volver a aquellos tiempos
en que Dios me protegía!
3 Cuando él me iluminaba con su luz
y yo podía andar en la oscuridad;
4 cuando yo estaba en plena madurez
y Dios cuidaba de mi hogar;
5 cuando el Todopoderoso estaba a mi lado
y mis hijos me hacían compañía;
6 cuando la leche corría por el suelo
y el aceite brotaba de las rocas;
7 cuando yo tomaba asiento
en el lugar de reunión de la ciudad.
8 Los jóvenes, al verme, se hacían a un lado
y los ancianos se ponían de pie.
9 Aun los hombres importantes dejaban de hablar
y hacían señas de guardar silencio.
10 Los gobernantes bajaban la voz;
se les pegaba la lengua al paladar.
11 La gente, al verme o escucharme,
me felicitaba y hablaba bien de mí,
12 pues yo socorría al huérfano y al pobre,
gente a la que nadie ayudaba.
13 El que estaba en la ruina me daba las gracias;
mi ayuda era a las viudas motivo de alegría.
14 La justicia y la honradez eran parte de mí mismo:
eran mi ropa de todos los días.
15 ¡Yo era ojos para el ciego
y pies para el lisiado,
16 padre de los necesitados
y defensor de los extranjeros!
17 Yo les rompía la quijada a los malvados
y les quitaba la presa de los dientes.
18 Yo pensaba: «Mis días serán tantos como la arena;
moriré anciano y en mi propio hogar.
19 Soy como un árbol plantado junto al agua,
cuyas ramas baña el rocío de la noche.
20 Mi esplendor se renovará conmigo,
y no me faltarán las fuerzas.»
21 Todos me escuchaban
y esperaban en silencio mis consejos.
22 Después de hablar yo, ninguno replicaba.
Mis palabras caían gota a gota sobre ellos,
23 y ellos las esperaban ansiosos,
como se espera la lluvia en tiempo de calor.
24 Cuando yo les sonreía, apenas lo creían,
y no dejaban de mirar mi rostro alegre.
25 Yo establecía mi autoridad sobre ellos
y decidía lo que ellos debían hacer,
como un rey al frente de sus tropas.
Cuando estaban tristes, yo los consolaba.
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