12 It is like a fire that burns and destroys;all I have done would be plowed up.
13 “If I have been unfair to my male and female slaveswhen they had a complaint against me,
14 how could I tell God what I did?What will I answer when he asks me to explain what I’ve done?
15 God made me in my mother’s womb, and he also made them;the same God formed both of us in our mothers’ wombs.
16 “I have never refused the appeals of the pooror let widows give up hope while looking for help.
17 I have not kept my food to myselfbut have given it to the orphans.
18 Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans.From my birth I guided the widows.