Job 29 v 13–25

2026-09-25 (Visions, Revelations, and Questions)

13The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.

15I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.

16I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.

17I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

18Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand,

19my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,

20my glory fresh with me, and my bow ever new in my hand.’

21“Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel.

22After I spoke they did not speak again, and my word dropped upon them.

23They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

24I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my face they did not cast down.

25I chose their way and sat as chief, and I lived like a king among his troops, like one who comforts mourners.