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31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin? 31:2 What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high? 31:3 Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? 31:4 Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps? 31:5 "If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hurried to deceit-- 31:6 let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!-- 31:7 if my step has turned aside from the way, and my heart has followed my eyes, and if any spot has clung to my hands; 31:8 then let me sow, and another eat; and let what grows for me be rooted out. 31:9 "If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door; 31:10 then let my wife grind for another, and let other men kneel over her. 31:11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be a criminal offense; 31:12 for that would be a fire consuming down to Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my harvest. 31:13 "If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me; 31:14 what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him? 31:15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb? 31:16 "If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, 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 for from my youth I reared the orphan like 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 a poor person without covering, 31:20 whose loins have not blessed me, and who was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 31:21 if I have raised my hand against the orphan, because I saw I had supporters at the gate; 31:22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. 31:23 For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. 31:24 "If I have made gold my trust, or called fine gold my confidence; 31:25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much; 31:26 if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, 31:27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand; 31:28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I should have been false to God above. 31:29 "If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook them-- 31:30 I have not let my mouth sin by asking for their lives with a curse-- 31:31 if those of my tent ever said, 'O that we might be sated with his flesh!'-- 31:32 the stranger has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler-- 31:33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom, 31:34 because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors-- 31:35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! 31:36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown; 31:37 I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. 31:38 "If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together; 31:39 if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners; 31:40 let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.