My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
The book stands as the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book to have come down, and this saying stands in the debate in chapters 4 to 31 between the patriarch and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions. It stands in the close of that discussion, where they condemned him for seeming self-righteousness and he rejected their words because he felt they condemned him unjustly. It belongs to his continued defense of himself, in which he knows he has committed no open sins against God and earnestly desires God to manifest Himself to him.
It belongs to his account of the prosperity and honor he once enjoyed, when he had enough and to spare and received honor from people. It pictures his former strength and prosperity as a root spread out by the waters and a branch on which dew lay all night, so that his glory remained fresh. The image teaches that daily, quiet refreshment from the Lord's mercies renews and strengthens the believer, and that a fresh, shining life in God's presence becomes a testimony.
The book stands as the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book to have come down, and this saying stands in the debate in chapters 4 to 31 between the patriarch and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions. It stands in the close of that discussion, where they condemned him for seeming self-righteousness and he rejected their words because he felt they condemned him unjustly. It belongs to his continued defense of himself, in which he knows he has committed no open sins against God and earnestly desires God to manifest Himself to him.
It belongs to his account of the prosperity and honor he once enjoyed, when he had enough and to spare and received honor from people. It pictures his former strength and prosperity as a root spread out by the waters and a branch on which dew lay all night, so that his glory remained fresh. The image teaches that daily, quiet refreshment from the Lord's mercies renews and strengthens the believer, and that a fresh, shining life in God's presence becomes a testimony.