 | George Fox - 1709 - 634 pages
...the Poor; ' he delivered the Poor that cried, and the Fatherlefs, * that had none to help : how he brake the Jaws of * the Wicked, and plucked the Spoil out of his Teeth. * But Oh ! meafure thy Life and his, and take heed * of the Day of God's Eternal Judgment, which will... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1769 - 454 pages
...blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and the caufe that I knew not I fearched out ; and I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his teeth'1. Mercy hath refpecl alfo to the fpiritual as well as temporal diftrefles of... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - Sermons, English - 1774 - 340 pages
...pomp Xrid fplendof 6f lift With WhicK I was Ivfrrc-udded. • ' eaufe which I knew not, I fearched out : and " I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked " the fpoil out of his teeth." One would imagine ffiefe to be thfe exprefilons of a niah; bteffed witK eafe,... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1792 - 810 pages
...feet was I " to the lame. I was a father to the '* poor; and the caufe which I knew not, I *' fearched out. And I brake the jaws of the ** wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his ct teeth. My root was fpread by the waters, *' and the dew lay all night upon my "... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 582 pages
...caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;. I -was a father to the poor, and the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? was not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be weighed... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...the widow's heart to " sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet " was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and " the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did " not I weep for him that was in trouble ? Was " not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be "... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...; whose judgment was a robe and a diadem : who searched out the cause which he knew not ; and broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth — Such a character, when found in remote history, is universally admired. How then does it come to... | |
 | Charles Rollin - Education - 1803 - 472 pages
...[e] He put on righteousness, and it clothed him ; his judgment was as a robe and a diadem : [f] he brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth : [«•] and the pleasing fruit he reaped from his zeal was the satisfaction of having... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall dieinmy nest, and J shall multiply my days as the sand. My root \vas spread out... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 532 pages
...caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame; I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I knew not, I searched out. Did I not weep for him that was in trouble; was not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be weighed... | |
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The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 
