^{11 Ref} For when the ear heard `me', then it blessed me; And when the eye saw `me', it gave witness unto me:

^{12 Ref} Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

^{13 Ref} The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

^{14 Ref} I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

^{15 Ref} I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame.

^{16 Ref} I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out.

^{17 Ref} And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.