 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
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 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," Job xxix. 11 — 17. To act up to this great example would be the fairest coronet ever worn by the... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1838 - 642 pages
...him. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. The cause which I knew not I searched out, I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth," Job xxix. 12, 15, 16. And you know, that there are many such exhortations propounded to christians... | |
 | John Pring - 1839 - 184 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 jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth," &c. (Job xxix. 7, &c.) 2, Such was Job's natural or primitive character; which to a superficial... | |
 | John Armstrong (bp. of Grahamstown.) - 1839 - 568 pages
...feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor ; the cause which I knew not, I searched out : I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.* For these are the works of that righteousness which it has pleased God to make the basis of the British... | |
 | Charles Cator - 1839 - 146 pages
...and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor ; the cause which I knew not, I searched out: I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.* For these are the works of that righteousness which it has pleased God to make the basis of the British... | |
 | Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 pages
...and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."f — " Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor?"J... | |
 | First Church (Dedham, Mass.) - Congregational churches - 1840 - 548 pages
...as a robe and a diadem : " And because he was impartial in punishing the wicked and injurious : " He brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth : " I say such was the respect and honor that was paid him by all, together with the conscience of... | |
 | William Cave, Henry Cary - Apostles - 1840 - 484 pages
...him that had none to help him, the blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon him, Sec. He brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth," &c. Indeed, so great his state and dignity, that it has led many into a persuasion that... | |
 | Thomas Thomas - Christian giving - 1841 - 32 pages
...was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out. And / brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth." Again : " If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maidservant when they... | |
 | John Campbell - Eromanga (Vanuatu) - 1842 - 562 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." What an exhibition of humanity ! Let the students of the classic page, and the idolaters of heathen... | |
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