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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,
17     If I have eaten my food alone
        and not shared it with the hungry orphan

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15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(A)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(B)

16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(C)
    or let the eyes of the widow(D) grow weary,(E)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless(F)

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