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!’