New International Version

Job 29:9-12 New International Version (NIV)

9. the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;

10. the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

11. Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,

12. because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.