6 My cows and goats gave plenty of milk,and my olive trees grew in the rockiest soil.
7 Whenever the city elders metand I took my place among them,
8 young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me,and old men stood up to show me respect.
9 The leaders of the people would stop talking;
10 even the most important men kept silent.
11 Everyone who saw me or heard of mehad good things to say about what I had done.
12 When the poor cried out, I helped them;I gave help to orphans who had nowhere to turn.