 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was...  The Spectator - Page 374by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Scott - Bible - 1820 - 346 pages
...them who were ready to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 10. 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I directed the ignorant and perplexed, and helped the weak and feeble. It. I was a father and a friend... | |
 | William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates - Literary Collections - 2000 - 1066 pages
...things, and by liberal things shall stand,' Isaiah xxxii. 8. They can say with pious Job, 'Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?' Job xxx. 25. As the inhuman traffic of slavery is to be taken into the consideration of the British... | |
 | Geoffrey Parrinder - Quotations, English - 2000 - 389 pages
...INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR 1 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. Job, 29, 14-15 2 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one... | |
 | Dagobert D. Runes - Religion - 2001 - 308 pages
...heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame....poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall die... | |
 | Jessica Martin - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 384 pages
...29: 14-17 (Sanderson's Grantham text) is a part. The last verses of this text (in the AV) run: 16: I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17: And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Here Walton has effectively... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - Social Science - 2001 - 340 pages
...things, and by liberal things shall stand," Isaiah xxxii. 8. They can say with pious Job, "Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?" Job xxx. 25. As the inhuman traffic of slavery is to be taken into the consideration of the British... | |
 | Rool Noiman - Religion - 2002 - 214 pages
...heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched it out. And I -broke the jaws of the... | |
 | B.A. Rohlehr - Caribbean Area - 2002 - 246 pages
...Testament we find the example of Job: T was the eyes to the blind, and feet I was to the lame. I was father to the poor and the cause which I knew not I sought out.' In the New Testament is the Parable of the Good Samaritan: 'Go and do likewise', Jesus... | |
 | Olaudah Equiano - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 436 pages
...liberal devise liberal things, and by liberal things shall stand; and they can say with the pious Job, "Did I not weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the Poor?" It is righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. — Destruction shall be... | |
 | Ernest Verity - Religion - 2003 - 602 pages
...Therefore, "the righteous" walks in true freedom. Job kept the principle of this proverb in Job 29:16,1 was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 29:7, The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. It... | |
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