17. if I have eaten my few crumbs alonewithout letting the fatherless eat any of it —
18. for from my youth, I raised him as his father,and since the day I was born I guided the widow —
19. if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothingor a needy person without a cloak,
20. if he did not bless mewhile warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
21. if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless childwhen I saw that I had support in the city gate,
22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,and my arm be pulled from its socket.
23. For disaster from God terrifies me,and because of His majesty I could not do these things.
24. If I placed my confidence in goldor called fine gold my trust,
25. if I have rejoiced because my wealth is greator because my own hand has acquired so much,
26. if I have gazed at the sun when it was shiningor at the moon moving in splendor,
27. so that my heart was secretly enticedand I threw them a kiss,
28. this would also be a crime deserving punishment,for I would have denied God above.