7. “When I went out to the gate of the city,when I took my seat in the square,
8. the young men saw me and hid themselves,and the aged arose and stood up.
9. The princes refrained from talking,and put their hand on their mouth.
10. The nobles held their peace,and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11. When the ear heard, then it blessed me;and when the eye saw, then it approved me,
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.
19. My root was spread out by the waters,and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
20. My glory was fresh in me,and my bow was renewed in my hand.’
21. “Men listened to me and waited,and kept silence for my counsel.
22. After my words they did not speak again,and my speech settled on them like dew.