^{15 Ref} Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

^{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 myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

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;)

^{19 Ref} If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

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

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

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

^{23 Ref} For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.