Revealing his concern for others, he said: “If I used to hold back the lowly ones from their delight, and the eyes of the widow I would cause to fail,... if I waved my hand to and fro against the fatherless boy, when I would see need of my assistance in the gate, let my own shoulder blade fall from its shoulder, and let my own arm be broken from its upper bone. ”
כי אֶרְאֶה בשער [צורך ב] עזרתי, כתפי משִכמה תפול, ואזרועי מִקָּנָה תישבר ” (‏ איוב ל ” א: ​ 16 – 22‏).