15. Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him?Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
16. “If I have withheld the poor from their desire,or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. or have eaten my morsel alone,and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18. (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,her I have guided from my mother’s womb);
19. if I have seen any perish for want of clothing,or that the needy had no covering;
20. if his heart hasn’t blessed me,if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;
21. if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,because I saw my help in the gate,
22. then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,and my arm be broken from the bone.
23. For calamity from God is a terror to me.Because his majesty, I can do nothing.
24. “If I have made gold my hope,and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,and because my hand had gotten much;
26. if I have seen the sun when it shined,or the moon moving in splendour,
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed,and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,