9 The princes refrained from talking,
And
aput
their hand on their mouth;
10 The voice of nobles was hushed,
And their
atongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me,
And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because
aI 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 aI put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice
was like a robe and a turban.
15 I
was aeyes to the blind,
And I
was feet to the lame.
16 I
was a father to the poor,
And
aI searched out the case
that I did not know.
17 I broke
athe fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
18 “Then I said,
a‘I shall die in my nest,
And multiply
my days as the sand.
19 aMy root
is spread out
bto the waters,
And the dew lies all night on my branch.
20 My glory
is fresh within me,
And my
abow is renewed in my hand.’
21 “
Men listened to me and waited,
And kept silence for my counsel.
22 After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech settled on them
as dew.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
