Jó 31

1 I made a covenant with mine eyes;

2 For what is the portion from God above,

3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,

4 Doth not he see my ways,

5 If I have walked with falsehood,

6 (Let me be weighed in an even balance,

7 If my step hath turned out of the way,

8 Then let me sow, and let another eat;

9 If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman,

10 Then let my wife grind unto another,

11 For that were a heinous crime;

12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction,

13 If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant,

14 What then shall I do when God riseth up?

15 Did not he that made me in the womb make him?

16 If I have withheld the poor from

17 Or have eaten my morsel alone,

18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

19 If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,

20 If his loins have not blessed me,

21 If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

22 Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade,

23 For calamity from God is a terror to me,

24 If I have made gold my hope,

25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,

26 If I have beheld the sun when it shined,

27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed,

28 This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

29 If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,

30 (Yea, I have not suffered by mouth to sin

31 If the men of my tent have not said,

32 (The sojourner hath not lodged in the street;

33 If like Adam I have covered my transgressions,

34 Because I feared the great multitude,

35 Oh that I had one to hear me!

36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder;

37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps;

38 If my land crieth out against me,

39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,

40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat,