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XXIX] :The princes refrained talking,
 * And laid their hand on their mouth.
 * The nobles held their peace,
 * And their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.
 * When the ear heard me, then it blessed me;
 * And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
 * Because I delivered the poor that cried,
 * And the fatherless, and him 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:
 * My judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
 * I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
 * I was a father to the poor:
 * And the cause which I knew not I searched out.
 * And I brake the jaws of the wicked,
 * And plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
 * Then I said, I shall die in my nest,
 * And I shall multiply my days as the sand.
 * My root was spread out by the waters,
 * And the dew lay all night upon my branch.
 * My glory was fresh in me,
 * And my bow was renewed in my hand.
 * Unto me men gave ear,
 * And waited, and kept silence at my counsel.