Job 29:4 - Exposition

As I was in the days of my youth ; literally, in the days of my autumn— by which Job probably means the days of his "ripeness" or "full manhood"—which he had reached when his calamities fell upon him . When the secret of God was upon my tabernacle ; or, the counsel of God ; when, i.e; in my tent I held sweet counsel with God, and communed with him as friend with friend (comp. Psalms 25:14 , "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant;" and Proverbs 3:32 , "For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous").