12. because I saved the needy who cried for help, and I saved the orphan for whom there was no helper.
13. The blessing of the wretched came upon me, and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a headband.
15. “I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.
16. I was a father to the poor, and I investigated the stranger’s legal dispute.
17. And I broke the evil one’s jaw bones, and I made his prey drop from his teeth.
18. “And I thought, ‘I will pass away in my nest, and like the phoenix I shall multiply my days.
19. My roots were open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;
20. My glory was new with me, and I was revitalized regularly.’