18. (for from my infancy mercy grew with me, and it came out with me from my mother's womb;)
19. if I have looked down on him who was perishing because he had no clothing and the poor without any covering,
20. if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;
22. then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
23. For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
24. If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold 'my Trust;'
25. if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
26. if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
27. so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,
28. which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;