12. For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction,and it would uproot all my harvest.
13. “If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servantswhen they disputed with me,
14. then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment;when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?
15. Did not the one who made me in the womb make them?Did not the same one form us in the womb?
16. If I have refused to give the poor what they desired,or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. If I ate my morsel of bread myself,and did not share any of it with orphans –
18. but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father,and from my mother’s wombI guided the widow!
19. If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing,or a poor man without a coat,
20. whose heart did not bless meas he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,
21. if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan,when I saw my support in the court,
22. then let my arm fall from the shoulder,let my arm be broken off at the socket.
23. For the calamity from God was a terror to me,and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.
24. “If I have put my confidence in goldor said to pure gold, ‘You are my security!’
25. if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth,or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,
26. if I looked at the sun when it was shining,and the moon advancing as a precious thing,
27. so that my heart was secretly enticed,and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,
28. then this also would be iniquity to be judged,for I would have been false to God above.