Job 29:7-17

Rotherham(i) 7 When I went out to the gate unto the city, in the open place, made ready my seat, 8 Young men saw me, and hid themselves, and, the aged, arose––they stood; 9 Rulers, restrained speech, and, a hand, laid they on their mouth; 10 The voice of nobles, was hushed, and their tongue to their palate, did cleave; 11 When, the ear, heard, then it pronounced me happy, When, the eye, saw, then it bare me witness; 12 Because I used to deliver the oppressed who was crying out for aid, the fatherless also, and him that had no helper; 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish, upon me was wont to descend, and, the heart of the widow, caused I to sing for joy; 14 Righteousness, I put on, and it clothed me, Like a robe and turban, was my, justice; 15 Eyes, became I to the, blind, and, feet to the lame, was, I! 16 A father, was, I, to the needy, and, as for the cause which I knew not, I used to search it out; 17 And I shivered the fangs of the perverse,––and, out of his teeth, I tare the prey.