Job 31:16-23

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶ “If I have withheld the desire of the poor from them,
or^[a] I have caused the widow’s eyes to fail,
¹⁷ or I have eaten my morsel alone,^[b]
and the orphan has not eaten from it
¹⁸ (for from my childhood he^[c] grew up with^[d] me like a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided her^[e]),
¹⁹ if I have seen the one who perishes because of no clothing
or^[f] that there is no covering for the poor,
²⁰ if his loins have not blessed me,
or^[g] by means of my sheep’s fleece he has warmed himself,
²¹ if I have raised my hand against an orphan
because I saw my supporters at the gate,
²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
²³ Indeed, the disaster from God was a dread for me,
and I was powerless^[h] because of his majesty.