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. The Anglo-Saxon - Page 181849 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 568 pages
...See what work Nehemiah made with the Sabbath-breakers. (Neh. xiii.) Job saith, (xxix. 16.) " I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out." And if in wrongs against men you must search, much more when against God. And if magistrates be not bound... | |
| James Peggs - 1830 - 556 pages
...the widow's heart to sing for joy. — 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 out." Job. xxix. 11 — 16. What a pattern this of the amiable religion of Christ ! what a contrast to Heathenism... | |
| John Stark Ravenscroft (bp. of North Carolina.) - 1830 - 642 pages
...described under the metaphor — / was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame, says Job; I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. The same manner of... | |
| George Whitehead - 1830 - 372 pages
...in this case, respecting the justness of his proceeding, and to say of the king : ' Thou hast broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.' Job xxix. 17. And farther, that by thy declaration for liberty of conscience, thou hast yielded submission... | |
| 1852 - 220 pages
...declaring, " I delivered the poor," " 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 out," * * * he says, "If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or my maidservant when they contended... | |
| Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pages
...judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 151 was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 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. 21 Unto me men gave... | |
| Donald Grey Barnhouse - 1980 - 292 pages
...the widow's heart to sing for joy. ... 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...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth" (Job 29:8-17). It is no wonder that Satan was aggrieved that such a righteous man should live and move... | |
| Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pages
...judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a s unclean. CHAPTER 16 A4D THE LORD spake unto Moses after the deat 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall... | |
| Mesrovb Jacob Seth - 1983 - 696 pages
...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... | |
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