New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Job 29
20 ’My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.’
21 "To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel.
22 "After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them.
23 "They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.
24 "I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down.
25 "I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners.
Job 30
1 "But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2 "Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.
3 "From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
5 "They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,
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