¹⁷ I have not ·kept my food to myself [eaten my morsel alone]
    ·but have given it to the orphans [^Lor not let orphans eat it].
¹⁸ Since I was young, ·I have been like a father to the orphans [^LI have raised them like a father; or he (God) raised me like a father].
    From ·my birth [^Lthe womb of my mother] I guided the widows.
¹⁹ I have not let anyone ·die [^Lperish] for lack of clothes
    or let a needy person go without ·a coat [^Lcovering].