7
when I went forth to the gate of the city, and in the street they made ready a chair to me (and in the street they prepared a chair for me).
8
Young wanton men saw me, and were hid, and eld men rising up stood (and old men rose, and stood up to honour me);
9
princes ceased to speak, and they putted their finger on their mouth; (leaders ceased to speak, and they covered their mouths with their hands;)
10
dukes refrained their voice, and their tongue cleaved to their throat. (rulers refrained their voices, and their tongues cleaved to the roofs of their mouths.)
11
The ear that heard me, blessed me, and the eye that saw me, yielded witnessing to me (bare witness for me/testified for me);
12
for I delivered the poor man crying [out], and the fatherless child, that had no helper. (for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless child who had no helper.)
13
The blessing of a man (who was ready) to perish came (up)on me, and I comforted the heart of the widow.
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.