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Iyov 31:13-21 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

13. If I did despise the mishpat (cause) of my eved or of my amah, when they contended with me,

14. What then shall I do when El riseth up? And when He visiteth, what shall I answer Him?

15. Did not He that made me in the beten make them? And did not Echad fashion us in the rechem?

16. If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire), or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary,

17. Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the yatom hath not eaten thereof;

18. For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with an av, and I have guided her from beten immi;

19. If I have seen any oved (one perishing) for want of clothing, or any evyon (needy) without covering,

20. If his heart did not bless me for warming him with the giz (fleece) of my sheep,

21. If I have lifted up my yad against the yatom, when I saw my influence in the sha'ar (gate, court);

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