Job 31
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Job 31:16-23

16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans –

18but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!

19If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,

20whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

21if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,

22then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.

23For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.

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