Job 29:12

"For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it commended me,"

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that when people listened to Job's words, they found them praiseworthy and blessed him, indicating his reputation for wisdom and integrity. Similarly, those who looked upon him recognized his goodness and commended him, highlighting the positive impact of his character and speech on others.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Because I delivered the poor that cried -This is spoken of himself as a magistrate or judge - for the whole description relates to that. The meaning is, that when the poor man, who had no means of employing counsel, brought his cause before him, he heard him and delivered him from the grasp of the oppressor. He never made an appeal to him in vain; compareProverbs 21:13;Proverbs 24:11-12. And the fatherless -The orphan who brought his cause before him. He became the patron and protector of those whose natural protectors - their parents - had been removed by death; compare the notes atIsaiah 1:17. And him that had none to help him -The poor man who had no powerful patron.

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