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31:1  1 Job reciteth the innocence of his living and number of his virtues, which declareth what ought to be the life of the faithful. I made a covenant with mine eyes: why then should I think on a maid?
31:2  For what portion should I have of God from above? and what inheritance of the almighty from on high?
31:3  Is not destruction to the wicked, and strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?
31:4  Doth not he behold my ways, and tell all my steps?
31:5  If I have walked in vanity, or if my foot hath made haste to deceit?
31:6  Let God weigh me in the just balance, and he shall know my uprightness.
31:7  If my step hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands,
31:8  Let me sow, and let another eat: yea, let my plants be rooted out.
31:9  If mine heart hath been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at the door of my neighbor,
31:10  Let my wife grind unto another man, and let other men bow down upon her.
31:11  For this is a wickedness, and iniquity to be condemned.
31:12  Yea, this is a fire that shall devour to destruction, and which shall root out all my increase.
31:13  If I did contemn the judgment of my servant, and of my maid, when they did contend with me,
31:14  What then shall I do when God standeth up? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answer?
31:15  He that hath made me in the womb, hath he not made him? hath not he alone fashioned us in the womb?
31:16  If I restrained the poor of their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
31:17  Or have eaten my morsels alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof,
31:18  (For from my youth hath he grown up with me as with a father, and from my mother’s womb have I been a guide unto her.)
31:19  If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering,
31:20  If his loins have not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
31:21  If I have lifted up mine hand against the fatherless, when I saw that I might help him in the gate,
31:22  Let mine arm fall from my shoulder, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
31:23  For God’s punishment was fearful unto me, and I could not be delivered from his Highness.
31:24  If I made gold mine hope, or have said to the wedge of gold, Thou art my confidence,
31:25  If I rejoiced because my substance was great, or because mine hand had gotten much,
31:26  If I did behold the sun, when it shined, or the moon walking in her brightness,
31:27  If mine heart did flatter me in secret, or if my mouth did kiss mine hand,
31:28  (This also had been an iniquity to be condemned: for I had denied the God above.)
31:29  If I rejoiced at his destruction that hated me, or was moved to joy when evil came upon him,
31:30  Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse unto his soul.
31:31  Did not the men of my Tabernacle say, Who shall give us of his flesh? we cannot be satisfied.
31:32  The stranger did not lodge in the street, but I opened my doors unto him, that went by the way.
31:33  If I have hid my sins, as Adam, concealing mine iniquity in my bosom,
31:34  Though I could have made afraid a great multitude, yet the most contemptible of the families did fear me: so I kept silence, and went not out of the door.
31:35  Oh that I had some to hear me! behold my sign that the Almighty will witness for me: though mine adversary should write a book against me,
31:36  Would not I take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown unto me?
31:37  I will tell him the number of my goings, and go unto him as to a prince.
31:38  If my land cry against me, or the furrows thereof complain together,
31:39  If I have eaten the fruits thereof without silver: or if I have grieved the souls of the masters thereof,
31:40  Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle in the stead of barley. THE WORDS OF JOB ARE ENDED.