31:5 If I have walked with frauds or my feet have hurried to deceit,
31:6 let him weigh me on accurate scales; let God know my integrity.
31:7 If my step has turned from the way, if my heart has followed my eyes or a blemish has clung to my hands,
31:8 then let me sow and another reap; let my offspring be uprooted.
31:9 If my heart has been drawn to a woman and I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
31:10 then may my wife grind for another and others kneel over her;
31:11 for that’s a crime; it’s a punishable offense;
31:12 indeed, it’s a fire that consumes to the underworld, uprooting all my harvest.
31:13 If I’ve rejected the just cause of my male or female servant when they contended with me,
31:14 what could I do when God rises; when he requires an account, what could I answer?
31:15 Didn’t the one who made me in the belly make them; didn’t the same one fashion us in the womb?
31:16 If I have denied what the poor wanted, made a widow’s eyes tired,
31:17 eaten my morsel alone, and not shared any with an orphan
31:18 ( for from my youth I raised the orphan as a father, and from my mother’s womb I led the widow);
31:19 if I ever saw someone dying without clothes, the needy naked;
31:20 if they haven’t blessed me fervently, or if they weren’t warmed by the wool from my sheep;
31:21 if I have lifted my hand against the orphans, when I saw that I had help in the city gate—
31:22 may my arm fall from my shoulder, my forearm be broken at the elbow—
31:23 for God’s calamity is terror to me; I couldn’t endure his splendor.
31:24 If I’ve made gold my trust, said to fine gold: “My security!”
31:25 if I’ve rejoiced because my wealth was great, when my hand found plenty;
31:26 if I’ve looked at the sun when it shone, the moon, splendid as it moved;
31:27 and my mind has been secretly enticed, and threw a kiss with my hand,
31:28 that also is a punishable offense, because I would then be disloyal to God above.
31:29 If I have rejoiced over my foes’ ruin or was excited when evil found them,
31:30 I didn’t let my mouth sin by asking for their life with a curse.
31:31 Surely those in my tent never said: “Who has been filled by Job’s food?”
31:32 A stranger didn’t spend the night in the street; I opened my doors to the road.
31:33 If I have hidden my transgressions like Adam, concealing my offenses inside me
31:34 because I feared the large crowd; the clan’s contempt frightened me; I was quiet and didn’t venture outside.
31:35 Oh, that I had someone to hear me! Here’s my signature; let the Almighty respond, and let my accuser write an indictment.
31:36 Surely I would bear it on my shoulder, tie it around me like a wreath.
31:37 I would give him an account of my steps, approach him like a prince.
31:38 If my land has cried out against me, its rows wept together;
31:39 if I have eaten its yield without payment and caused its owners grief,
31:40 may briars grow instead of wheat, poisonous weeds instead of barley. Job’s words are complete.
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