16. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17. Or have eaten my morsel alone, so that the fatherless ate not thereof,
18. (For from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother's womb;)
19. If I have seen any perishing for want of clothing, or any needy without covering;
20. If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
21. If I have lifted up my hand against an orphan, 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 was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.
24. If I have made gold my hope, or said to the fine gold, My confidence!
25. If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26. If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,