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:
22. After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;
23. And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24. If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.