Job 29:6-12

6 my steps were awash in butter, and the rocks poured out for me streams of olive oil.
7 I would go out to the city gate and set up my seat in the open space;
8 when young men saw me they would hide themselves, while the aged arose and stood;
9 leaders refrained from speaking -they would lay their hands on their mouths;
10 the voices of nobles were silenced; their tongues stuck to their palates.
11 Any ear that heard me blessed me, any eye that saw me gave witness to me,
12 for I delivered the poor when they cried for assistance, the orphan too, who had no one to help him.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.