Job 29:11-16 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

11. Everyone was pleasedwith what I said and did.

12. When poor people or orphanscried out for help,I came to their rescue.

13. And I was highly praisedfor my generosity to widowsand others in poverty.

14. Kindness and justicewere my coat and hat;

15. I was good to the blindand to the lame.

16. I was a father to the needy,and I defended them in court,even if they were strangers.

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