12. This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.
13. The blessing of him who would have been destroyed came upon me, and I consoled the heart of the widow.
14. I put on justice, and I clothed myself with my judgment, like a robe and a diadem.
15. I was an eye for the blind and a foot for the lame.
16. I was the father of the poor; and if I lacked knowledge about any case, I investigated very diligently.
17. I crushed the jaws of the impious, and I took away prey from his teeth.
18. And I said, "I will die in my little nest, and like a palm tree, I will multiply my days.