12. because I delivered the poor who cried,and the fatherless, and him who had none to help him.
13. The blessing of the perishing man came upon me,and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.
15. I was eyes for the blind,and I was feet for the lame.
16. I was a father to the poor,and I searched out the case that I did not know.
17. I broke the jaws of the wickedand plucked the victim from his teeth.
18. “Then I said, ‘I will die in my nest,and I will multiply my days as the sand.