Holy Scripture
Job 29:19
A church father on this verse
“My root is opened beside the waters. And the dew shall stay on my harvest. For 'by the waters the root is opened,' when, for receiving the streams of truth, secretly the thought of the mind is spread out. For as we have already said in a former book, in Holy Writ by the term of 'the root' the hidden thought is used to…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19My root was spread out by the water, And the dew would lodge on my crop.
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In context
17And I broke the jaw teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.
18And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm tree; I shall live a long while.
— Job 29:19 —
20My glory was fresh in me, And my bow prospered in his hand.
21Men heard me, and gave heed, And they were silent at my counsel.