Holy Scripture
Job 29:18
A church father on this verse
“Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as a palm. What else is set forth in this place by the title of a 'nest,' but the tranquil rest of the faith whereby every infirm soul is nourished? For that multitude of the good, which shall be overtaken by the times of persecution, thought to accompl…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
18And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
Modern
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In context
16I was the father of the helpless; And I searched out the cause which I knew not.
17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
— Job 29:18 —
19My root was spread out by the water, And the dew would lodge on my crop.
20My glory was fresh in me, And my bow prospered in his hand.