Job 29:14-16

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“I put on ^[a]righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban!
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“I was eyes to the blind
And I was feet to the lame.
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“I was a father to the needy;
I investigated the case I did not know [and assured justice].

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Footnotes

Job 29:14 Blameless and upright as Job had been—and God had so pronounced him—his misunderstood afflictions had caused him to get dangerously off-center. Instead of keeping his mind focused on God and justifying Him, he is giving his whole thought to justifying himself. Instead of humility there is self-righteousness. In this chapter he uses pronouns referring to himself fifty times. But when he was able to see himself as God saw him, he loathed himself and repented “in dust and ashes” (42:6).