15. Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
18. (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);
19. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
20. If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22. Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
23. For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
24. If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
26. If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
27. And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28. This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
29. If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
30. (Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
31. If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?
32. (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);