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Job 29:9-17 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

9. The leaders stopped speaking. They covered their mouths with their hands.

10. The voices of the nobles became quiet. Their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

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.

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