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.’
21. “They listened to me and waited, and they kept silent for my counsel.
22. After my word, they did not speak again, and my word dropped down like dew upon them.