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"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

Job 31:16

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it

Job 31:17

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from my infancy I guided her),

Job 31:18

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,

Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

If his waist has not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

Job 31:20

If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,

Job 31:21

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

May my shoulder fall from its socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

Job 31:22

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

"For disaster from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

Job 31:23

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

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