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,
22. Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
23. "For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
24. "If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
25. If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;
26. If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
27. And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28. That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
29. "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him?
30. "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
31. "Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'?
32. "The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler.
33. "Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34. Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?