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20     If ever people in such conditions did not physically bless and thank me
        for warming them up with the fleeces of my own sheep,
21     If I ever used my civic strength to condemn the fatherless
        simply because I knew I had allies in the courts;
22     Then let my arm be pulled from its socket!
        Let my forearm be snapped off at the elbow for raising it against the orphan!

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20 and their hearts did not bless me(A)
    for warming them with the fleece(B) from my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(C)
    knowing that I had influence in court,(D)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.(E)

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