American Standard Version

Job 29:7-15 American Standard Version (ASV)

7. When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

8. The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

9. The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

10. The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

11. For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:

12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

15. I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.