Job 31:16-23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁶ “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired
    or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail^(A)
17 or have eaten my morsel alone
    and the orphan has not eaten from it—^(B)
18 for from my youth I reared the orphan^[a] like a father,
    and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow^[b]—
¹⁹ if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing
    or a poor person without covering,
²⁰ whose loins have not blessed me,
    and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;^(C)
21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan
    because I saw I had supporters at the gate;^(D)
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
    and let my arm be broken from its socket.^(E)
23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his majesty.^(F)