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31:1  “I have cut a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?
31:2  And what is the portion of God from above Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
31:3  Is it not disaster to the unjust And misfortune to those who work iniquity?
31:4  Does He not see my ways And number all my steps?
31:5  “If I have walked with worthlessness, And my foot has hastened after deceit,
31:6  Let Him weigh me with just scales, And let God know my integrity.
31:7  If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,
31:8  Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.
31:9  “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lied in wait at my neighbor’s doorway,
31:10  May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
31:11  For that would be lewdness; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.
31:12  For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my produce.
31:13  “If I have rejected the justice of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,
31:14  What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, with what will I respond to Him?
31:15  Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?
31:16  “If I have held back the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
31:17  Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not eaten from it
31:18  (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from the womb of my mother I guided her),
31:19  If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,
31:20  If his loins have not blessed me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
31:21  If I have waved my hand against the orphan Because I saw my help in the gate,
31:22  Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
31:23  For disaster from God is a dread to me, And because of His exaltedness I can do nothing.
31:24  “If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
31:25  If I have been glad because my wealth was great, And because my hand had found so much,
31:26  If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
31:27  And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
31:28  That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
31:29  “If I have been glad at the upheaval of the one who hated me, Or exulted when evil found him—
31:30  But I have not given over my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse—
31:31  If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’—
31:32  The sojourner has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler—
31:33  If I have covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
31:34  Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And I kept silent and did not go out of doors—
31:35  Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my accuser has written,
31:36  Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it to myself like a crown.
31:37  I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him—
31:38  “If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together,
31:39  If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
31:40  Let briars come out instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.