 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to ging for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame...poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be weighed... | |
 | Mesrovb Jacob Seth - Social Science - 1983 - 696 pages
...smallest deviation from the truth, may be applied the scriptural character given to Job. (Chap. xxix). "I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out, I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame, I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My judgment... | |
 | Mel Rees - Christian life - 1993 - 100 pages
...man in the East and must have delegated a great deal of authority — he ran his own welfare service! "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 / searched out. "Job 29:15, 16 (Italics supplied).... | |
 | Daniel R. Ernst - Business & Economics - 1995 - 366 pages
...up, because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless and him that had no one to help him. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame....poor and the cause which I knew not I searched out. I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy, but now they that hate me without cause are more than the... | |
 | Robert Roberts - Business & Economics - 1998 - 248 pages
...for our own comfort and the comfort of those around us: hear what the good man says in chapter 39th. "I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame,...the cause which I knew not, I searched out; and I break the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth;" therefore I candidly say unto... | |
 | Johanna Manley - Bible - 1997 - 926 pages
...by fasting and almsgiving ... 29:15-16 'I was an eye to the blind, and a foot was I to the lame. I v was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out" i The mind of the reader might perhaps question why it is, that blessed Job r reckons up his own virtue... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - History - 1999 - 500 pages
...I consoled the widow's heart. I put on righteousness and I clothed myself with my judgement as with a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind and feet...father to the poor and the cause which I knew not, I diligently searched out. I broke the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.' And... | |
 | Edward Geoffrey Parrinder, Geoffrey Parrinder - Reference - 2000 - 389 pages
...JB Nelson, Embodiment (1978) XVII SOCIETY 152 SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR See also 127. INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR 1 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment...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... | |
 | Jessica Martin - Biography as a literary form - 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... | |
 | Rool Noiman - Religion - 2002 - 214 pages
...caused the widow's 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... | |
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I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : And the cause which I knew not I searched oat. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, And plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 
