^{16 Ref} If I have withheld the poor from `their' desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

^{17 Ref} Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

¹⁸ (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

^{19 Ref} If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

^{20 Ref} If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

^{21 Ref} If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

^{22 Ref} Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.