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Job 29:12-16
12 Because I delivered [malat] the poor [`aniy] that cried
[shava`], and the fatherless [yathowm], and him that had none to help [`azar] him.
13 The blessing [Barakah] of him
that was ready to perish ['abad] came [bow'] upon me: and I caused the widow's ['almanah] heart [leb] to sing for joy
[ranan].
14 I put [labash] on righteousness [tsedeq], and it clothed [labash]
me: my judgment [mishpat] was as a robe [ma`iyl] and a diadem [tsaniyph].
15 I was eyes [`ayin] to the blind
[`ivver], and feet [regel] was I to the lame [picceach].
16 I was a father ['ab] to the poor ['ebyown]: and the cause [riyb] which I knew [yada`] not I
searched out [chaqar]. KJV-Interlinear
12 Because I delivered the poor
who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper. 13 'The blessing of the one ready to perish
came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy. 14 'I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. 15 'I was eyes to the blind, And feet to the
lame. 16 'I was a father to the needy, And
I investigated the case which I did not know.
NASB
Job was generous with both his time and his
money. When he heard or knew of a person
that was facing difficulties, he was there to help. Job was there to help, before their request
for help came.
Job did not hoard his wealth, but put it to use for
the public good. Job did not advertise
his generosity. Job did not seek out
choice or convenient situations with which to promote his own reputation.
Job wore righteousness and justice, the two key
elements of Bible doctrine. And with
these he guided his own life in public as well as in private. Job did not have two faces in life, one for
the public and the real one for his private life.
Job dealt with people with a sense of urgency. He did not bog them down with bureaucracy or
other inconveniences. Job did not
consider the need of a person and its impact on his own agenda. Job did not use people to better advance
himself in life.
Job depended on God alone, and through that mechanism,
Job was used by God, to serve others.
Job was an extremely wealthy man. He could easily have said that he was just
too busy to be burdened by the trivial situations of the poor. But he did not consider the burdens of the
helpless as trivial. Obviously when a
person is poor nearly any difficulty in life is a giant burden.
Job went out of his way to investigate and help those
in need. Job was a champion to those who
were unable to help themselves.
By the time of his difficulty, Job had been helping
and had developed an irrefutable reputation as a righteous man. How was it possible that when difficulties
fell on him, his friends, even his wife withdrew their support from him, when during
all of those former years Job, without questioning their integrity, helped
people that were total strangers?
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End Of Lesson
Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth.
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