Job 29:12-14

The Voice

¹² After all, I rescued the poor when they cried out for help
and assisted the orphans when they had no one else.

Great virtue has always begun with the treatment of the poor. Can Job be accused of having a hard heart?

¹³    The dying spoke their blessings over me,
        and the widows sang their joyful songs honoring what I did.
¹⁴    I adorned myself in righteousness,
        and it covered me;
        my justice fit me like a cloak and turban—
        conveying both my dignity and my authority.