15. Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?Did not the same God form us both in the womb?
16. If I have refused the wishes of the pooror let the widow’s eyes go blind,
17. if I have eaten my few crumbs alonewithout letting the fatherless eat any of it —
18. for from my youth, I raised him as his father,and since the day I was born I guided the widow —
19. if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothingor a needy person without a cloak,
20. if he did not bless mewhile warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
21. if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless childwhen I saw that I had support in the city gate,
22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,and my arm be pulled from its socket.