 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. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, And plucked the spoil out of his teeth.  A new system of short-hand - Page 46by Samuel Richardson (teacher of short-hand.) - 1810Full view - About this book
 | George Fox - 1694 - 504 pages
...father to the poor, he delivered the £oor that cried, and the fatherless that had none to help ; ow he brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. But oh! measure thy life and his, and take heed of the day of God's eternal judgment which will come,... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1769 - 454 pages
...blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and the caufe that I knew not I fearched out ; and I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his teeth"1. Mercy hath refpe<St alfo to the fpiritual as well as temporal diftrefles... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...; whose judgment was a robe and a diadem : who searched out the cause which he knew not ; and broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth — Such a character, when found in remote history, is universally admired. How then does it come to... | |
 | George Fox - 1803 - 436 pages
...father to the poor, he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless that had none to help. He broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. But oh ! measure thy life and his, and take heed of the day of God's eternal judgment, which \rill... | |
 | Charles Rollin - Education - 1803 - 472 pages
...[e] He put on righteousness, and it clothed him ; his judgment was as a robe and a diadem : [f] he brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth : [«•] and the pleasing fruit he reaped from his zeal was the satisfaction of having... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...as protecting him ; and mas unwearied in search17 ing out the merits of his cause to do him justice. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth ; I famished the wicked, and made them restore what they had urt18 justly gotten. Then I said, I shall... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the " poor : and the caufe which I knew not I fearched " out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and " plucked the fpoil out of his teeth. Then I faid, I " fhall die in my neft. THEN, when I had fuch .*• wealth,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...wan I to the lame. 161 was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out 17 ssenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador in health. 18 Pove 18 Then I said, I shall die in ray nest. and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...lame. Ver. 1 6. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Ver. 1 7. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Isa. i. 10. Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pages
...to be in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. Job makes mention of the jaws of the wicked. " I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." Job xxix. 16, 17. Job compares these spoilers to a voracious beast, or mastiff dog, which, when they... | |
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