10. the voice of the nobles was hushed and their tongue stuck to their palate.
11. “When the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw me, it commended me;
12. for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
13. the blessing of the dying man came on me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.
14. I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was as my robe and turban.
15. I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;
16. I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of one I did not know.
17. I broke the jaws of the unjust, and snatched the prey out of his teeth.
18. “Then I thought, ‘I will die in my nest, and multiply my days like the sand.