16If I have withheldאֶ֭מְנַע'Em.na'H4513the poorדַּלִּ֑יםda.LimH1800from theirdesireמֵחֵ֣פֶץme.Che.fetzH2656,or have caused the eyesוְעֵינֵ֖יve.'ei.NeiH5869of the widowאַלְמָנָ֣ה'al.ma.NahH490to failאֲכַלֶּֽה׃'a.kha.LehH3615;
17Or have eatenוְאֹכַ֣לve.'o.KhalH398my morselפִּתִּ֣יpi.TiH6595myself alone, and the fatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490hath not eatenאָכַ֖ל'a.KhalH398thereof;
18(For from my youthמִ֭נְּעוּרַיMi.ne.'u.raiH5271he was brought upגְּדֵלַ֣נִיge.de.La.niH1431with me, as witha fatherכְאָ֑בkhe.'AvH1,and I have guidedאַנְחֶֽנָּה׃'an.Che.nahH5148her from my mother’sאִמִּ֣י'i.MiH517wombוּמִבֶּ֖טֶןu.mi.Be.tenH990;)
19If I have seenאֶרְאֶ֣ה'er.'EhH7200any perishא֭וֹבֵד'O.vedH6for want of clothingלְב֑וּשׁle.VushH3830,or any poorלָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃la.'ev.YonH34without coveringכְּ֝ס֗וּתke.SutH3682;
20If his loinsחֲלָצָ֑יוcha.la.tzovH2504have not blessedבֵרֲכ֣וּנִיve.ra.Khu.niH1288me, and if he were notwarmedיִתְחַמָּֽם׃yit.cha.MamH2552with the fleeceוּמִגֵּ֥זu.mi.GezH1488of my sheepכְּ֝בָשַׂיKe.va.saiH3532;
21If I have lifted upהֲנִיפ֣וֹתִיha.ni.Fo.tiH5130my handיָדִ֑יya.DiH3027against the fatherlessיָת֣וֹםya.TomH3490,when I sawאֶרְאֶ֥ה'er.'EhH7200my helpעֶזְרָתִֽי׃'ez.ra.TiH5833in the gateבַ֝שַּׁ֗עַרva.Sha.'arH8179:
22Thenlet mine armכְּ֭תֵפִיKe.te.fiH3802fallתִפּ֑וֹלti.PolH5307from my shoulder bladeמִשִּׁכְמָ֣הmi.shikh.MahH7929,and mine armוְ֝אֶזְרֹעִ֗יve.'ez.ro.'IH248be brokenתִשָּׁבֵֽר׃ti.sha.VerH7665from the boneמִקָּנָ֥הmi.ka.NahH7070.
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