Job 31:16-23

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s^(A) eyes go blind,
¹⁷ if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
without letting the fatherless eat any of it—
¹⁸ for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
and since the day I was born^[a] I guided the widow—
¹⁹ if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
or a needy person without a cloak,^(B)
20 if he^[b] did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
²¹ if I ever cast my vote^[c] against a fatherless child
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,^(C)
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
and my arm be pulled from its socket.
²³ For disaster from God terrifies me,
and because of his majesty I could not do these things.^(D)