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The Book of Job, Chapter 29, Verse 14

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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.
King James Version
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment [was] as a robe and a diadem.
American Standard Version
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
New English Translation
I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;
World English Bible
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice 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.
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[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.