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Great virtue has always begun with the treatment of the poor. Can Job be accused of having a hard heart?

13     The dying spoke their blessings over me,
        and the widows sang their joyful songs honoring what I did.
14     I adorned myself in righteousness,
        and it covered me;
        my justice fit me like a cloak and turban—
        conveying both my dignity and my authority.
15     I was the eyes for the blind,
        the feet for the lame,

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13 The one who was dying blessed me;(A)
    I made the widow’s(B) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(C) as my clothing;
    justice was my robe and my turban.(D)
15 I was eyes(E) to the blind
    and feet to the lame.(F)

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