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14     Then what ought I do when God stands to judge me?
        How will I answer when He calls me to account for my actions?
15     Did not God, who made me in my mother’s womb, make my servants as well?
        Is He not the same One who made us each in our own mother’s womb?

16     If I have stood between the poor and the object of their desire,
        if I have caused a widow to lose her love of life,

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14 what will I do when God confronts me?(A)
    What will I answer when called to account?(B)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(C)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(D)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(E)
    or let the eyes of the widow(F) grow weary,(G)

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