^{7 Ref} When I went out of my door to go up to the town, and took my seat in the public place,

^{8 Ref} The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

^{9 Ref} The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

^{10 Ref} The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

^{11 Ref} For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

^{12 Ref} For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

^{13 Ref} The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

^{14 Ref} I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

^{15 Ref} I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

^{16 Ref} I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

^{17 Ref} By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.