 | Abiel Abbot - Sermons, American - 1831 - 410 pages
...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. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not, I searched out." Not to enlarge on this fruitful head — an upright and benevolent... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...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 a father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not, I searched outb."] Such being the proper spirit of a Christian, let us consider,... | |
 | James Peggs - Ethics - 1832 - 550 pages
...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. I was a father to the poor ; and the cau? e which I knew not was searched out.' Job xxix. 1 1 — 16. What a pattern this, for the amiable... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - Antislavery movements - 1832 - 96 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Sermons - 1834 - 740 pages
...distress of the unfortunate, and had a hand open to relieve diem. " 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. Therefore, when the young men saw me they hid themselves; the... | |
 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 pages
...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 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 spoii out... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - Hebrew poetry, Biblical - 1833 - 626 pages
...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 a father to the poor, And searched out the cause of strangers. I brake the jaws of the wicked, And plucked the spoil from his... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - American essays - 1834 - 432 pages
...and it clothed me ; my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was 1 to the lame. I was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not,''! searched out.' What more than princely affluence, of patriarchal benevolence... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - Christian sociology - 1835 - 748 pages
...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 a father to the poor, and the cause which T knew not I searched out.' Think reader what a source of unspeakable felicity it will... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...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. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out." There is one view more to be taken of the subject ; it is.... | |
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 
