Job 29:7-25, 31:21, Pro 22:22, 31:8-9, Isa 29:21, Amo 5:10, 12, 15 | ESV | STEP | When I went out to the gate of the city , when I prepared my seat in the square ,

Job 29:7-25

7 When I went out to ^athe gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
9 the princes refrained from talking
and ^blaid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their ^ctongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I ^ddelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^eThe blessing of him who was ^fabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^gthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^hput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ⁱa turban.
15 I was ^jeyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^kthe cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I ^lbroke ^mthe fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18 ⁿThen I thought, ‘I shall die in my ^onest,
and I shall multiply my days as ^pthe sand,
19 my ^qroots spread out to ^rthe waters,
with the dew all night on my ^sbranches,
20 my glory fresh with me,
and my ^tbow ever ^unew in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word ^vdropped upon them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
and they ^wopened their mouths as for the ^xspring rain.
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and ^ythe light of my ^zface they did not cast down.
25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like ^aaa king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.

Job 31:21

21 if I have raised my hand against ^abthe fatherless,
because I saw my help in ^acthe gate,

Proverbs 22:22

22 ^adDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^aecrush the afflicted at ^afthe gate,

Proverbs 31:8-9

8 ^agOpen your mouth for the mute,
for the rights of all who are destitute. ^{▼▼Hebrew are sons of passing away}
9 Open your mouth, ^aijudge righteously,
^ajdefend the rights of ^akthe poor and needy.

Isaiah 29:21

21 who by a word make a man out to be an offender,
and ^allay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
and with an empty plea ^amturn aside him who is in the right.

Amos 5:10

10 ^anThey hate him who reproves ^aoin the gate,
and they ^apabhor him who speaks the truth.

Amos 5:12

12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who ^aqtake a bribe,
and ^arturn aside the needy ^asin the gate.

Amos 5:15

15 ^atHate evil, and love good,
and establish justice ^auin the gate;
^avit may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.