Job 29:4
when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
BSB
ASV
As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
KJV
As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
The days of my youth - The original word rather means in the days of my winter, חרפי charpi, from חרף charaph, “to strip or make bare.” Mr. Harmer supposes the rainy season is intended, when the fields, etc., parched up by long drought, are revived by the plentiful showers. Mr. Good thinks the word as found in the Arabic, which means top or summit, and which he translates perfection, is that which should be preferred. Others think the autumnal state is meant, when he was loaded with prosperity, as the trees are with ripe fruit.
He knew God's mind, and was not in the dark about it, as, of late, he had been. The secret of the Lord is said to be with those that fear him, for he shows them that in his covenant which others see not, Ps. xxv. God communicates his favour and grace to his people, and receives the return of their devotion in a way secret to the world.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
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No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
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Psalms 27:5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
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The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
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Job 1:10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the…
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The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.