8. The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;
9. The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;
10. The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
11. For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me:
12. Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him that was ready to perish 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 as a robe and a diadem.
15. I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.
16. I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.
17. And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.
18. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:
19. My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
20. My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.
21. Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel.
22. After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.