11. “When the ear heard and commended me, and the eye saw and testified in support of me
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.’
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.
23. And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the spring rain.