Job 29: Job recuerda su felicidad anterior.
1 Y VOLVIO Job á tomar su propósito, y dijo:
2 Quién me tornase como en los meses pasados, Como en los días que Dios me guardaba,
3 Cuando hacía resplandecer su candela sobre mi cabeza, A la luz de la cual yo caminaba en la oscuridad;
4 Como fué en los días de mi mocedad, Cuando el secreto de Dios estaba en mi tienda;
5 Cuando aún el Omnipotente estaba conmigo, Y mis hijos alrededor de mi;
6 Cuando lavaba yo mis caminos con manteca, Y la piedra me derramaba ríos de aceite!
7 Cuando salía á la puerta á juicio, Y en la plaza hacía preparar mi asiento,
8 Los mozos me veían, y se escondían; Y los viejos se levantaban, y estaban en pie;
9 Los príncipes detenían sus palabras, Ponían la mano sobre su boca;
10 La voz de los principales se ocultaba, Y su lengua se pegaba á su paladar:
11 Cuando los oídos que me oían, me llamaban bienaventurado, Y los ojos que me veían, me daban testimonio:
12 Porque libraba al pobre que gritaba, Y al huérfano que carecía de ayudador.
13 La bendición del que se iba á perder venía sobre mí; Y al corazón de la viuda daba alegría.
14 Vestíame de justicia, y ella me vestía como un manto; Y mi toca era juicio.
15 Yo era ojos al ciego, Y pies al cojo.
16 A los menesterosos era padre; Y de la causa que no entendía, me informaba con diligencia:
17 Y quebraba los colmillos del inicuo, Y de sus dientes hacía soltar la presa.
18 Y decía yo: En mi nido moriré, Y como arena multiplicaré días.
19 Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, Y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío.
20 Mi honra se renovaba en mí, Y mi arco se corroboraba en mi mano.
21 Oíanme, y esperaban; Y callaban á mi consejo.
22 Tras mi palabra no replicaban, Y mi razón destilaba sobre ellos.
23 Y esperábanme como á la lluvia, Y abrían su boca como á la lluvia tardía.
24 Si me reía con ellos, no lo creían: Y no abatían la luz de mi rostro.
25 Calificaba yo el camino de ellos, y sentábame en cabecera; Y moraba como rey en el ejército, Como el que consuela llorosos.
Reina-Valera Antigua (RVA)
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Reflexión por Noemi Dominguez:
“Dicen cosas tan bonitas sobre la gente en los funerales que me entristece darme cuenta de que voy perder de escuchar las mías por muy pocos días.” [Garrison Keillor]. ¡He estado en funerales donde se habla tan bien del difunto que a veces he dudado si era la misma persona que yo conocía! Que dirías tú en tu propio funeral? Este capítulo pareciera que Job lo hubiese escrito como discurso para su propio funeral. Su mente lo lleva al pasado y recuenta muchas de sus vivencias. Su testimonio desmiente las crueles acusaciones de sus amigos. Aunque era un hombre próspero, ni sus ocupaciones ni sus riquezas le quitaron su consciencia social. Libraba al pobre, ayudaba al huérfano, alegraba el corazón de la viuda, se vestía de justicia y era ojos al ciego y pies al cojo; padre de necesitados y defensor de extranjeros. Juzgaba con equidad y tal era su reputación que tanto jóvenes como los mayores que él, y aún los príncipes, le respetaban. Obviamente la mayoría de nosotros no podemos igualar sus cualidades ni su abnegado estilo de vida. Sin .embargo, podemos volver a leer esa lista y permitir que Dios nos use para poder bendecir a alguna persona en este día [y Dios que ve en lo secreto, te recompensará en público. [Mateo 6:4, 6 y 18, Version Reina Valera 1960].
Job 29: Job’s Final Defense.
1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me;
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.
King James Version (KJV)
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Reflexion by Noemi Dominguez:
“They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.” [Garrison Keillor]. I’ve been to funerals where they talk so well about the deceased that sometimes I’ve doubted if it was the same person I knew! What would you say in your own funeral? This chapter appears that Job had written it as a speech for his own funeral. His mind takes him back in time and he finds many of his enriching experiences. His testimony denies the cruel accusations of his friends. Although he was a prosperous man, neither his occupations nor his wealth took away his social consciousness. He freed the poor, helped the orphan, brightened the widow’s heart, he was dressed in justice, and he was eyes on the blind and feet to the lame; father of the needy and defender of foreigners. He judged fairly and such was his reputation that both young and older than him, and even princes, respected him. Obviously most of us can’t match his qualities or his selfless lifestyle. But what we can do, however, is to read again the list and allow God to use us so that we can be a blessing to someone even today [and God who sees in secret, will reward you in public [Matthew 6:4, 6 and 18, Version Reina Valera 1960].
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