Job 29:7-14

Leeser(i) 7 When I went out to the gate close by the city, when in the open place I established my seat: 8 Young men saw me, and hid themselves; and the aged rose up, and remained standing; 9 Princes stopped in the midst of their words, and laid their hand on their mouth: 10 The voice of nobles was arrested, and their tongue cleaved to their palate. 11 For the ear that heard me called me happy; and the eye that saw me bore witness for me; 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy. 14 I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me.