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when my footsteps were washed in cream,
and a rock poured out streams of oil for me,
when I went out to the gatehouse[a] of the city,
and I took my customary seat in the public square.
The young men saw me and stepped aside.
The elders rose and remained standing in my presence.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 29:7 The gatehouse was the center for legal proceedings in a city.

when my path was drenched with cream(A)
    and the rock(B) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(C)

“When I went to the gate(D) of the city
    and took my seat in the public square,
the young men saw me and stepped aside(E)
    and the old men rose to their feet;(F)

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When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up.

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