Job 29:7-14

7When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square,

8the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing;

9the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands;

10the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

12for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

13the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;

14I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;