Job 31:16-23

New Living Translation

¹⁶ “Have I refused to help the poor,
    or crushed the hopes of widows?
¹⁷ Have I been stingy with my food
    and refused to share it with orphans?
¹⁸ No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father,
    and all my life I have cared for widows.
¹⁹ Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes
    and the needy with nothing to wear,
²⁰ did they not praise me
    for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

²¹ “If I raised my hand against an orphan,
    knowing the judges would take my side,
²² then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place!
    Let my arm be torn from its socket!
²³ That would be better than facing God’s judgment.
    For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?