if I have lifted my hand against the orphan because I saw I had backing at the gate,
In context
19if I have watched anyone die for want of clothing, or the needy with nothing to cover him, 20if his loins have not blessed me, warm with the fleece of my lambs, 21if I have lifted my hand against the orphan because I saw I had backing at the gate, 22then let my shoulder fall out of its socket and my arm be snapped off at the elbow. 23For disaster from God was a terror to me, and before his majesty I could do nothing.
