12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out,The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was eyes to the blind,And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor,And I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked,And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said, ‘I shall die in my nest,And multiply my days as the sand.