Holy Scripture
Job 31:22
A church father on this verse
“Then let my shoulder fall from its joining, and mine arm be broken in pieces along with its bones. Because bodily action is carried on by the shoulder and the arm, if the good things which he put forth with the lips he did not fulfil in deed, he wishes to himself 'the shoulder to fall,' and 'the arm to be broken in pi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
22Let then my shoulder start from the bladebone, And my arm be crushed off from the elbow.
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20And if the poor did not bless me, And their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;
21If I lifted my hand against an orphan, Trusting that my strength was far superior to his:
— Job 31:22 —
23For the fear of the Lord constrained me, And I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.
24If I made gold my treasure, And if too I trusted the precious stone;