The princes refrained talking,

And laid their hand on their mouth;

The voice of the nobles was hushed....

“For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me;

And when the eye saw me, it gave witness unto me;

Because I delivered the poor that cried,

The fatherless also, and him[[211]] that had none to help him.

“The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me;

And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;