John Trapp on Job 29:12

Verſe 12. Becauſe I delivered the poor that cryed] Here are ſet forth the true cauſes of that great reſpect that was generally given Job: he was a good Juſticer, ſuch as Jethro deſcribeth, Exod. 18.21. He hated, much more then did Mithridates, ſuch as maliciouſly perſecuted Vertue forſaken of fortune. And as James 5 of Scotland was called, The poor mans King, ſo might Job well have been: for no ſooner could a poor body cry to him for help, but he relieved him,Caſſiodor and reſcued him out of the hands of his oppreſſor. Theodorick of old, and Guſtavus King of Swedes of late, are famous for ſo doing.Mr. Clark.

And the fatherleſſe, and him that had none, &c.] The fatherleſſe, and friendleſs, from whom he could not expect any reward. He was not of thoſe who follow the adminiſtration of Juſtice as a trade only, with an unquenchable and unconſcionable deſire of gain, but held out a conſtant courſe of integrity, and righted thoſe whom others would have ſlighted.