Job 29:7-17

When I went out to the city gate  and took my seat in the town square, the young men saw me and withdrew, while older men stood to their feet. City officials stopped talking and covered their mouths with their hands.  The noblemen’s voices were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.  When they heard me, they blessed me, and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.  For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.  The dying blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice. I clothed myself in righteousness,  and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.  I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger. I shattered the fangs of the unjust  and snatched the prey from his teeth.