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31:1  “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?
31:2  For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
31:3  Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?
31:4  Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?
31:5  “If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
31:6  Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.
31:7  If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
31:8  Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.
31:9  “If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
31:10  Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.
31:11  For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.
31:12  For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
31:13  “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,
31:14  What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
31:15  Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
31:16  “If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
31:17  Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it
31:18  (But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow);
31:19  If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;
31:20  If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
31:21  If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;
31:22  Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.
31:23  For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
31:24  “If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
31:25  If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;
31:26  If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,
31:27  So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;
31:28  This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
31:29  “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
31:30  (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
31:31  If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
31:32  (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);
31:33  If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
31:34  Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door—
31:35  Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
31:36  Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me 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 caused its owners to lose their lives;
31:40  Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.