8. When the young men saw me, they would step out of my way.And the old men would stand up in respect for me.
9. The leading men stopped speakingand covered their mouths with their hands.
10. The voices of the important men were quiet.It was as if each man’s tongue stuck to the roof of his mouth.
11. Anyone who heard me said good things about me.And those who saw me praised me.
12. This was because I saved the poor who cried for help.And I saved the orphan who had no one to help him.
13. The dying person blessed me.And I made the widow’s heart sing.
14. I put on right living as if it were clothing.I wore fairness as if it were my robe and my turban.
15. I tried to be eyes for the blind.And I tried to be feet for those who were crippled.
16. I was like a father to needy people.And I took the side of strangers when they were in trouble.
17. I broke the fangs of evil people.And I snatched from their teeth the people they wanted to hurt.
18. “I thought, ‘I will live for as many days as there are grains of sand.And I will die in my own house.
19. I will be like a tree whose roots reach down to the water.The dew will lie on the branches all night.