14. what then would I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what would I answer him?
15. Did not he that made me in the belly also make him? And did not the same one fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have disturbed the desire of the poor or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
17. or have eaten my morsel alone and the fatherless has not eaten thereof;
18. (for from my youth the fatherless was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided the widow from my mother’s womb)
19. if I have seen any perish for want of clothing or any needy without a covering;
20. if his loins have not blessed me and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw that they would all help me in the gate;
22. then let my back fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its joint.
23. For I feared destruction from God, against whose highness I could have no power.
24. If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25. if I rejoiced because my wealth was being multiplied, and because my hand had gotten much;
26. if I beheld the sun when it shone or the moon walking in beauty;
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth kissed my hand;
28. this would also be a proven iniquity; for I should have denied the God that is sovereign.