16If I have denied the desires of the poor
or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
17if I have eaten my morsel alone,
not sharing it with the fatherless —
18though from my youth I reared him as would a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow—
19if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing,
or a needy man without a cloak,
20if his heart has not blessed me
for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless
because I saw that I had support in the gate,
22then may my arm fall from my shoulder
and be torn from its socket.
— Job 31:16-22