Job 29:6-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

6. My herds gave enough milkto bathe my feet,and from my olive harvestflowed rivers of oil.

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.

17. When criminals attacked,I broke their teethand set their victims free.

18. I felt certain that I would livea long and happy life,then die in my own bed.

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