^{15 Ref} Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

^{16 Ref} If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;

^{17 Ref} If I kept my food for myself, and did not give some of it to the child with no father;

¹⁸ (For I was cared for by God as by a father from my earliest days; he was my guide from the body of my mother;)

^{19 Ref} If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

^{20 Ref} If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

^{21 Ref} If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

^{22 Ref} May my arm be pulled from my body, and be broken from its base.

^{23 Ref} For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.