12. because I delivered the poor who cried for help,and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13. The blessing of him who was about 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 like a robe and a turban.
15. I was eyes to the blindand feet to the lame.
16. I was a father to the needy,and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know.
17. I broke the fangs of the unrighteousand made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18. Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,and I shall multiply my days as the sand,