14
I was clothed with rightfulness; and I clothed me as with a cloak, and with my doom a diadem. (I was clothed in righteousness, yea, it covered me; and my judgement was like a robe, and a crown.)
15
I was eye to a blind man, and foot to a crooked man. (I was an eye for the blind, and feet for the lame.)
16
I was a father of poor men; and I inquired most diligently the cause, which I knew not. (I was a father to the poor; and I inquired most diligently into their case, or their trouble, of which I knew not.)
17
I all-brake the great teeth of the wicked man (I broke the teeth of the wicked), and I took away the prey from his teeth.
18
And I said, I shall die in my nest; and as a palm tree I shall multiply my days. (And I said, I shall die in my nest; and my days shall be numbered like the sand/like the phoenix.)
19
My root is opened beside (the) waters, and dew shall dwell in my reaping (and dew shall stay on my branches).
20
My glory shall ever[more] be renewed (My glory shall be renewed forevermore), and my bow shall be restored in mine hand.
21
They, that heard me, abided my sentence; and they were attentive, or taking heed to me, and they were still at my counsel. (They, who heard me, waited for my pronouncement; and they were attentive, or taking heed to me, and they listened to what I said.)
22
They durst nothing add to my words (They dared add nothing to my words); and my speech dropped upon them.
23
They abided me as (for the) rain; and they opened their mouth as to the soft rain coming late. (They waited for my words like for they waited for the rain; and they opened their mouths to drink them in, like the soft rain that cometh late.)
24
If any time I laughed to them, they believed not; and the light of my cheer, that is, the gladness of my face, felled not down into the earth. (When I smiled on them, they took heart; and the light of my face, that is, the cheerfulness in my face towards them, encouraged them.)