11. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;
12. For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
13. The blessing of him that was perishing 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 as a mantle and a turban.
15. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;
16. I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;
17. And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
18. And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;
19. My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
20. My glory shall be fresh in me, and my bow be renewed in my hand.
21. Unto me they listened, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel: