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I wish for the days when I was successful,
    when I enjoyed God’s friendship and blessing in my home.
God All-Powerful was still with me then,
    and my children were all around me.
Life was so good that I washed my feet in cream
    and had plenty of the finest oils.[a]

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  1. Job 29:6 had plenty of the finest oils Literally, “Around the anointed rock near me were streams of oil.” This probably means Job had so much olive oil that there were streams of oil running down the altar from the part Job gave as a gift to God.

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