 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 Principles of Moral Science: Vol. 1 - Page 35by Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...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...poor, and " the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did " not I weep for him that was in trouble ? Was " not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be "... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...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....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... | |
 | John Logan - Sermons, English - 1804 - 504 pages
...the poor " that cried, the fatherlefs, and him that had none ** to help him. I was eyes to the blind, feet was I ** to the lame : I was a father to the poor, and the " caufe which I knew not, I fearched out. The ** ftrairger did not lodge in the ftreet ; I opened my... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...fing for joy. I put on " righteoufnefs, 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 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1805 - 288 pages
...bleffing of him that was ready to periih came upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to fing with joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame : I was a father to the poor ; and the caufe which I knew not, I fearched out." Thus, while tbe righteous man flourifhes like a tree planted... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...[was] I to the lame ; / directed the ignorant \ 6 and perplexed, and helped the -weak and the feeble. I [was] a father to the poor : and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out ; I was not only a patron, but a father to the poor, providing for him, as vtU as protecting him ; andtvas... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...administerirg justice, were more conspicuous and 15 ornamental than my robes and ensigns of honour. I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame ; / directed the ignorant 16 and fte rplcxc d, and hel/ied the weak and the fer ble. I [was] a father... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...fmg for j<.»y. I put on righteounefs, and it clothed me ; my judgement was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 1 was a lather in the poor : and the caufe which I knew not I fearch. ed out. 4. ...Doth not God fee... | |
 | John Logan - Sermons, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...that " cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help " him. I was eyes to the blind, feet was [ 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 street; I opened rny doors to " the traveller. The loins of the... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 474 pages
...blessing of him that 'was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing with joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame...poor ; and the cause which I knew not, I searched out *. — Thus while the righteous fiourisheth like a tree .planted by the rivers of water, he bringeth... | |
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