Jó 31

1 "I made a covenant with my eyes,

2 For what is the portion from God above,

3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,

4 Doesn’t he see my ways,

5 "If I have walked with falsehood,

6 (let me be weighed in an even balance,

7 if my step has turned out of the way,

8 then let me sow, and let another eat.

9 "If my heart has been enticed to a woman,

10 then let my wife grind for another,

11 For that would be a heinous crime.

12 for it is a fire that consumes to destruction,

13 "If I have despised the cause of my male servant

14 what then will I do when God rises up?

15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him?

16 "If I have withheld the poor from their desire,

17 or have eaten my morsel alone,

18 (no, 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 heart hasn’t 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 seen the sun when it shined,

27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,

28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

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

30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin

31 if the men of my tent have not said,

32 (the foreigner has not camped 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 on my shoulder;

37 I would declare to him the number of my steps.

38 If my land cries out against me,

39 if I have eaten its fruits without money,

40 let briers grow instead of wheat,