21 if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I have the advantage over him at the gate;
22 then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
23 For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
24 If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold 'my Trust;'
25 if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
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