Job 29:4-16

4Just as I was in the days of my prime, When the friendly counsel of God was over my tent;

5When the Almighty was yet with me, When my children were around me;

6When my steps were bathed with cream, And the rock poured out rivers of oil for me!

7“When I went out to the gate by the city, When I took my seat in the open square,

8The young men saw me and hid, And the aged arose and stood;

9The princes refrained from talking, And put their hand on their mouth;

10The voice of nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

11When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;

12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.

13The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.

15I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.

16I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.