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
| 1830 - 1070 pages
...was I to the lame. Mi [ was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I senrched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of Ыз teeth. 18 Then I , nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root toas spread out... | |
| George Whitehead - Quakers - 1830 - 372 pages
...in this case, respecting the justness of his proceeding, and to say of the king : ' Thou hast broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.' Job xxix. 17. And farther, that by thy declaration for liberty of conscience, thou hast yielded submission... | |
| 1830 - 864 pages
...father to the poor ; and the to the lame. 16 1 irai cause tchick I knew not I searched out. 17 And 1 brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of hi« teeth. 18 Then I -л M, l shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My... | |
| 1831 - 676 pages
...to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor : and the cause which 1 knew not I searched out. 17 And 1 brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. ' 18 Then I said, 1 shall die in my nest, and J shall multiply my days as the sand. * 19 My rout teas... | |
| George Fox - Society of Friends - 1831 - 410 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 will come,... | |
| George Fox - Society of Friends - 1831 - 466 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 will come,... | |
| Joseph Ivimey - Antislavery movements - 1832 - 96 pages
...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...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." * Nor can I imagine, after the proofs which I have experienced of your friendship, that the freedom... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 540 pages
...side of injustice, the more determinately he set himself to reduce it within its proper bounds : " he brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth:" and the effecting of this he accounted more honourable than any ornaments, either of magisterial robes,... | |
| Robert Vaughan - Christian life - 1832 - 450 pages
...to the lame, and a father to the poor; that the cause which you knew not, you searched out; that you brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth; and still, as the law does not allow the soul to be redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and... | |
| John Davenant, Josiah Allport - Bible - 1832 - 612 pages
...: Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will 1 cut off, says the Psalmist, ci. 5. / brake oho the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth, was among the consolations of Job, xxix. 17. Respecting those injured and wounded by slander, the pious... | |
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