What does Job 29:18 mean?

Job 29:18 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Job 29:18 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

16I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

17And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

18Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

20My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

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