Job 31:16-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁶ If I have withheld from the poor what they desired,
if I have darkened the eyes of the widow,
¹⁷ if I have eaten my food all by myself
and have not shared it with the fatherless—
¹⁸ no, from the time of my youth, the fatherless child grew up with me,
and I was like a father to him.
From the womb of my mother I guided the widow.
¹⁹ If I saw anyone perishing from lack of clothing,
if the needy had nothing to wear,
²⁰ his very body blessed me,
    as he was warmed by the wool from my sheep.

²¹ If I raised my hand against the fatherless child,
    because I had influence in the court at the city gate,
²² then let my shoulder be knocked out of its socket,
and let my upper arm be broken.
²³ Now doom from God terrifies me,
and I cannot endure his majesty.