16. “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,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. (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father,and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow),
19. if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,or the needy without covering,
20. if his body has not blessed me,and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21. if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,because I saw my help in the gate,
22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23. For I was in terror of calamity from God,and I could not have faced his majesty.
24. “If I have made gold my trustor called fine gold my confidence,
25. if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundantor because my hand had found much,
26. if I have looked at the sun when it shone,or the moon moving in splendor,
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed,and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28. this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,for I would have been false to God above.
29. “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,or exulted when evil overtook him
30. (I have not let my mouth sinby asking for his life with a curse),
31. if the men of my tent have not said,‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’
32. (the sojourner has not lodged in the street;I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33. if I have concealed my transgressions as others doby hiding my iniquity in my heart,