11. "For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.
12. "For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
13. "If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,
14. What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
15. "Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?
16. "If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it
18. (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),
19. If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,
20. If his loins have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21. If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,