12. because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.
13. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.
14. I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.
15. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.
16. I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.
17. I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.
18. “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.
19. My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.