29:1 約伯又接著說：
29:2 惟願我的景況如從前的月份，如上帝保守我的日子。
29:3 那時他的燈照在我頭上；我藉他的光行過黑暗。
29:4 我願如壯年的時候：那時我在帳棚中，上帝待我有密友之情；
29:5 全能者仍與我同在；我的兒女都環繞我。
29:6 奶多可洗我的腳；磐石為我出油成河。
29:7 我出到城門，在街上設立座位；
29:8 少年人見我而迴避，老年人也起身站立；
29:9 王子都停止說話，用手摀口；
29:10 首領靜默無聲，舌頭貼住上膛。
29:11 耳朵聽我的，就稱我有福；眼睛看我的，便稱讚我；
29:12 因我拯救哀求的困苦人和無人幫助的孤兒。
29:13 將要滅亡的為我祝福；我也使寡婦心中歡樂。
29:14 我以公義為衣服，以公平為外袍和冠冕。
29:15 我為瞎子的眼，瘸子的腳。
29:16 我為窮乏人的父；素不認識的人，我查明他的案件。
29:17 我打破不義之人的牙床，從他牙齒中奪了所搶的。
29:18 我便說：我必死在家中（原文是窩中），必增添我的日子，多如塵沙。
29:19 我的根長到水邊；露水終夜霑在我的枝上。
29:20 我的榮耀在身上增新；我的弓在手中日強。
29:21 人聽見我而仰望，靜默等候我的指教。
29:22 我說話之後，他們就不再說；我的言語像雨露滴在他們身上。
29:23 他們仰望我如仰望雨，又張開口如切慕春雨。
29:24 他們不敢自信，我就向他們含笑；他們不使我臉上的光改變。
29:25 我為他們選擇道路，又坐首位；我如君王在軍隊中居住，又如弔喪的安慰傷心的人。
Job continued his discourse:
2 “How
I long for the months gone by,
for the days when God watched over me,
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house,
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children were around me,
6 when my path was drenched with cream
and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7 “When
I went to the gate of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside
and the old men rose to their feet;
9 the chief men refrained from speaking
and covered their mouths with their hands;
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,
12 because I rescued the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13 The one who was dying blessed me;
I made the widow’s heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.
15 I was eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy;
I took up the case of the stranger.
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18 “I
thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19 My roots will reach to the water,
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
20 My glory will not fade;
the bow will be ever new in my hand.’
21 “People
listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;
my words fell gently on their ears.
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face was precious to them.[a]
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;
I dwelt as a king among his troops;
I was like one who comforts mourners.
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約伯回想過去平安的日子，他發現一切的美好是從與上帝有好的關係開始，正如他所說：「惟願我的景況如從前的月份，如上帝保守我的日子。那時他的燈照在我頭上；我藉他的光行過黑暗。我願如壯年的時候：那時我在帳棚中，上帝待我有密友之情；全能者仍與我同在；我的兒女都環繞我。奶多可洗我的腳；磐石為我出油成河。」
其實我們的生命也是如此，需要與上帝有美好的關係，我們的演目才會精準的看見上帝的恩典，知道上帝是何等的眷顧，祂的愛是何等的長擴與高深！所以，保羅說：「一切都是出於上帝；他藉著基督使我們與他和好，又將勸人與他和好的職分賜給我們。這就是上帝在基督裡，叫世人與自己和好，不將他們的過犯歸到他們身上，並且將這和好的道理託付了我們。所以，我們作基督的使者，就好像上帝藉我們勸你們一般。我們替基督求你們與上帝和好。上帝使那無罪（無罪：原文是不知罪）的，替我們成為罪，好叫我們在他裡面成為上帝的義。」(哥林多後書5:18-21)
要與上帝和好透過耶穌基督，這是保羅勸哥林多教會的信徒的！今天我們成為福音的使者，我們也要這樣去勸告我們身邊的人們，透過耶穌基督與上帝和好，能享受上帝在基督耶穌裡所預備的一切福分！(以弗所書1:3)
也唯有我們在基督裡享受到上帝的豐盛恩典，我們才會將榮耀歸給上帝並過聖潔的生活，進而感受到喜樂與滿足，人生才會發揮意義，正如約伯在這裡所說的人生經歷！
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