Job 31
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Job 31:16-23

16"If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

18(for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow),

19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering,

20if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

21if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

22then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty.

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