Job 29:11-17

New International Reader's Version

¹¹ Everyone who heard me said good things about me.
    Those who saw me honored me.
¹² That’s because I saved poor people who cried out for help.
    I saved helpless children whose fathers had died.
¹³ Those who were dying gave me their blessing.
    I made the hearts of widows sing.
¹⁴ I put on a godly life as if it were my clothes.
    Fairness was my robe and my turban.
¹⁵ I was like eyes for those who were blind.
    I was like feet for those who couldn’t walk.
¹⁶ I was like a father to needy people.
    I stood up for strangers in court.
¹⁷ Sinners are like animals that have powerful teeth.
    But I took from their mouths the people they had caught.