Job 29:2

Job 29:2

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Job’s Summary Defense

1 Job further continued his discourse, and said:

2 “Oh, that I were as in months ^apast,
As in the days when God ^bwatched over me;

3 ^aWhen His lamp shone upon my head,
And when by His light I walked through darkness;

4 Just as I was in the days of my prime,
When ^athe friendly counsel of God was over my tent;

5 When the Almighty was yet with me,
When my children were around me;

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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O that I were as in months past - Job seems here to make an apology for his complaints, by taking a view of his former prosperity, which was very great, but was now entirely at an end. He shows that it was not removed because of any bad use he had made of it; and describes how he behaved himself before God and man, and how much, for justice, benevolence, and mercy, he was esteemed and honored by the wise and good.

Preserved me - Kept, guarded, and watched over me.

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