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What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
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Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
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"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it
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(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow);
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If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
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If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;
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Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.
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For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
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"If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, 'You are my confidence';