"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;"
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If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand.
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
If I kept back the desire of the poor; if the widow's eye was looking for help to no purpose;
If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
"If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
If I withhold from pleasure the poor, And the eyes of the widow do consume,