 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
 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. — Neh. vii. 2. 326 CHAP. XXII. 327 canse which I knew not, I searched out ; and I brake the...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. — Job xxix. 16, 17 ; Deut. xix. 18. Neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. — Job xxxiv. 12.... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Sermons - 1842 - 530 pages
...help him. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and diadem. I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." Such, sincerely respected rulers, are the consoling reflections which naturally flow from fidelity... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Theology - 1842 - 520 pages
...help him. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and diadem. I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." Such, sincerely respected rulers, are the consoling reflections which naturally flow from fidelity... | |
 | William Sheldon - Bible - 1842 - 462 pages
...cause which I knew not I searched out. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. [Job, xxx — 2, 26] [Job, xxxi — 13] If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or my maid-servant... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness ,and it clothcdme: 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. 25. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread... | |
 | Matthew Dobson Lowndes - Court congestion and delay - 1843 - 80 pages
...reviewed his acts as a Judge : — " I put on righteousness, and it clothed mo : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem : I was eyes to the blind, and...wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth."• but it is my firm resolve to execute the duties of the high and important office which I hold. If,... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - Abbots - 1843 - 412 pages
...judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was the eye to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not,...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth." And a little after : " If I have withheld," says he, " the poor from their desire ; or have caused... | |
 | Saint Bede (the Venerable) - 1843 - 418 pages
...judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was the eye to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not,...jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.1" And a little after : " If I have withheld," says he, " the poor from their desire ; or have... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...was I to the lame. 1(5 I ivas a father to the poor; and the cause which 1 knew not 1 searched out. 17 18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and 1 shall multiply my days us the sand. 19 My root was spread... | |
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