¹⁶ “If I refused to grant the desire of the poor
    or exhausted the eyes of the widow,
¹⁷ if I ate my meals by myself
    without feeding orphans,
¹⁸ (even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father,
    and even though I had guided the widow^[a]
        from the time I was born),
¹⁹ if I’ve observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes
    or if I have no clothing to give to the poor,
²⁰ if he hadn’t thanked me from the bottom of his heart,^[b]
    if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,
²¹ if I’ve raised my hand against an orphan
    when I thought I would against him in court,^[c]
22 then let my arm^[d] fall from its socket;
    and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.
²³ For I’m terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me;
    and I cannot endure his grandeur.”