Holy Scripture
Job 29:3
A church father on this verse
“If he actually searched for his former happiness, that was in order to show the providence of God; this is clear when he says, "In the days when God watched over me." Then he gives evidence of this godly watch. "When his lamp," he says, "shone over my head." This means, you will make the light of my lamp shine, becaus…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3As when his lamp shone over my head; When by his light I walked through darkness.
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In context
1And Job continued and said in his parable,
2Oh that I were as in months past, wherein God preserved me!
— Job 29:3 —
4As when I steadfastly pursued my ways, When God took care of my house.
5When I was very fruitful, And my children were about me;