11 When they heard me, they blessed me,

and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.A

12 For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,

and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.c

13 The dying blessed me,

and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.

14 I clothed myself in righteousness,d

and it enveloped me;

my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.

15 I was eyes to the blind

and feet to the lame.e

16 I was a father to the needy,

and I examined the case of the stranger.

17 I shattered the fangs of the unjustf

and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 So I thought, “I will die in my own nest

and multiply my days as the sand.B