 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was...  The Spectator - Page 374by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Bible - 1809 - 556 pages
...pronounced as a greater ornament than the purple robe on my shoulder, and the diadem upon my head. Ver. 15. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.] I instructed him who did not well understand his own business, and assisted him who wanted means to carry... | |
 | Samuel Richardson (teacher of short-hand.) - 1810 - 134 pages
...sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me ; my judg-. incut was a robe and a diadem ; I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame...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. Then I said, I shall die... | |
 | Eliphalet Nott - Baccalaureate addresses - 1810 - 292 pages
...complaints upon the hill of Mizar. Thus Job spent the season of his prosperity. " I was eyes,1' says he " to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a...poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out. The stranger did not lodge in the streets, but I opened my den unto the traveller." To the character... | |
 | Eliphalet Nott - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 408 pages
...Thus Job spent the season of his prosperity. " I was eyes," says he " to the blind, and feet was J to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out. The stranger did not lodge in the streets, but I opened my door unto the traveller." To the character... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 502 pages
...soil of virtue. and a rich one too, on which many excellent fruits may grow. Did not I weep, says Job, for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor * ? To this disposition we are to add the obligations of gratitude, and justice, with the encouragement... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing with joy. I was eyes to the, blind arid feet was I to the lame : I was a father to the poor;. anc ''the cause which I knew not, I searched out." Thus, while the righteous man flourishes like a... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...Ver. 14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. Ver. 15. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the 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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...The blessing of him that was ready to perish cume upon me ; and 1 caused the widow's heart to sinjc for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and the саше which I knew not I searched out. Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my ioul... | |
 | Clergy - 1811 - 394 pages
...none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 1 was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not, I searched out," Benevolence is to be... | |
 | 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 knew not, I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." Job xxix. 16, 17. Job... | |
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