Job 31:13-28

English Standard Version

¹³ “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
    when they brought a complaint against me,
¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up?
    When he ^(A)makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
¹⁵ Did ^(B)not he who made me in the womb make him?
    And did not one fashion us in the womb?

¹⁶ “If I have ^(C)withheld anything that the poor desired,
    or have ^(D)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^[a] grew up with me as with a father,
    and from my mother's womb I guided the widow^[b]),
¹⁹ if I have seen anyone ^(E)perish for ^(F)lack of clothing,
    or the needy without ^(G)covering,
²⁰ if his body has not ^(H)blessed me,^[c]
    and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
²¹ if I have raised my hand against ^(I)the fatherless,
    because I saw my help in ^(J)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 ^(K)in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his ^(L)majesty.

^24 (M)“If I have made gold my ^(N)trust
    or called ^(O)fine gold my confidence,
²⁵ if I have ^(P)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
    or because ^(Q)my hand had found much,
^26 (R)if I have looked at the sun^[d] when it shone,
    or ^(S)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 ^(T)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.