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16 If I have denied anything that the poor desired,(A)
    or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish
17 While I ate my portion alone,
    with no share in it for the fatherless,
18 Though like a father he[a] has reared me from my youth,
    guiding me even from my mother’s womb—
19 If I have seen a wanderer without clothing,
    or a poor man without covering,
20 Whose limbs have not blessed me
    when warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21 If I have raised my hand against the innocent
    because I saw that I had supporters at the gate—[b]
22 Then may my arm fall from the shoulder,
    my forearm be broken at the elbow!

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Footnotes

  1. 31:18 He: presumably God.
  2. 31:21 Gate: cf. notes on 5:4; Ru 4:1.