Job 31:16-18

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶ “If I held back anything needed by the poor
or made a widow’s eye grow dim [with tears],
¹⁷ or ate my portion of food by myself,
without letting the orphan eat any of it —
¹⁸ No! From my youth he grew up
with me as if with a father,
and I have been her guide
from my mother’s womb! —