8 When the young men saw me, they would step aside,and the old men would stand up in respect.
9 The leading men stopped speakingand covered their mouths with their hands.
10 The voices of the important men were quiet,as if their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
11 Anyone who heard me spoke well of me,and those who saw me praised me,
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.