12 because I saved the poor who called outand the orphan who had no one to help.
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 like a robe and a turban.
15 I was eyes for the blindand feet for the lame.
16 I was like a father to needy people,and I took the side of strangers who were in trouble.
17 I broke the fangs of evil peopleand snatched the captives from their teeth.
18 “I thought, ‘I will live for as many days as there are grains of sand,and I will die in my own house.