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 hath not eaten thereof
18. (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I 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 loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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 mine arm be broken from the bone.
23. For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
24. If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;