Job 29:16-25
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16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
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19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
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24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.