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31 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl.
31 : 2 For what is man`s lot from God above, his heritage from the Almighty on high?
31 : 3 Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?
31 : 4 Does he not see my ways and count my every step?
31 : 5 If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit-
31 : 6 let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless-
31 : 7 if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,
31 : 8 then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.
31 : 9 If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor`s door,
31 : 10 then may my wife grind another man`s grain, and may other men sleep with her.
31 : 11 For that would have been shameful, a sin to be judged.
31 : 12 It is a fire that burns to Destruction ; it would have uprooted my harvest.
31 : 13 If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,
31 : 14 what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?
31 : 15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?
31 : 16 If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,
31 : 17 if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless-
31 : 18 but from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my birth I guided the widow-
31 : 19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a garment,
31 : 20 and his heart did not bless me for warming him with the fleece from my sheep,
31 : 21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,
31 : 22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
31 : 23 For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
31 : 24 If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold, `You are my security,`
31 : 25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,
31 : 26 if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
31 : 27 so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
31 : 28 then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
31 : 29 If I have rejoiced at my enemy`s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him-
31 : 30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against his life-
31 : 31 if the men of my household have never said, `Who has not had his fill of Job`s meat?`-
31 : 32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler-
31 : 33 if I have concealed my sin as men do, by hiding my guilt in my heart
31 : 34 because I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside
31 : 35 ("Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense--let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
31 : 36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.
31 : 37 I would give him an account of my every step; like a prince I would approach him.)-
31 : 38 if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,
31 : 39 if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
31 : 40 then let briers come up instead of wheat and weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.