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The Book of Job, Chapter 29, Verse 13

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Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and [him that had] none to help him.
King James Version
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
American Standard Version
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
New English Translation
the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;
World English Bible
the blessing of him who was ready to perish came on me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
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I was eyes to the blind, and feet [was] I to the lame.
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I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.
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And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
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Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply [my] days as the sand.
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My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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My glory [was] fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
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Unto me [men] gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
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After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
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And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide [as] for the latter rain.