Hebrew Names Version HNV
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14 What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?
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what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
15 Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
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Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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“If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it
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if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—
18 (No, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, Her have I guided from my mother's womb);
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but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—
19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
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if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,
20 If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
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and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
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if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And my arm be broken from the bone.
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then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
23 For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
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For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
24 "If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, 'You are my confidence;'
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“If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’
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