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;