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Everyone Was Pleased

11 Everyone was pleased
    with what I said and did.
12 When poor people or orphans
cried out for help,
    I came to their rescue.
13 And I was highly praised
for my generosity to widows
    and others in poverty.

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11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
    and those who saw me commended me,(A)
12 because I rescued the poor(B) who cried for help,
    and the fatherless(C) who had none to assist them.(D)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(E)
    I made the widow’s(F) heart sing.

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