13. “If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female,when they have disagreed with me,
14. then what could I do if God rises up?If he examines me, how could I answer him?
15. Didn’t he who made me in my mother’s belly make them?Didn’t the same God form us in the womb?
16. “If I have refused the requests of the pooror made a widow’s eyes stop ⌊looking for help⌋,
17. or have eaten my food alonewithout letting the orphan eat any of it. . . .
18. (From my youth the orphan grew up with meas though I were his father,and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.)
19. If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothesor a poor person going naked. . . .
20. (If his body didn’t bless me,or the wool from my sheep didn’t keep him warm. . . .)
21. If I have shaken my fist at an orphanbecause I knew that others would back me up in court,
22. ⌊then⌋ let my shoulder fall out of its socket,and let my arm be broken at the elbow.
23. “A disaster from God terrifies me.In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing.
24. “If I put my confidence in goldor said to fine gold, ‘I trust you’. . . .
25. If I enjoyed being very richbecause my hand had found great ⌊wealth⌋. . . .
26. If I saw the light shineor the moon move along in its splendor