Job 31

1'I have made a covenant with my eyes, And I will not think upon a virgin.

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2What has God apportioned from above, And what is the inheritance of the Mighty One from on high?

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3Is not destruction for the wrongdoer, And alienation for those who do lawlessness?

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4Will He not see my way and count all my steps?

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5'If I have walked with scorners, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

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6'Therefore I say, 'Listen to me, I also will declare what I know.'

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7If my foot has turned from the way, Or if my heart has followed after my eyes, Or if gifts have touched my hands,

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8Then may I sow and others eat. Yes, may I be uprooted on the earth.

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9'If my heart has followed after another man's wife, Or if I have laid wait at her door,

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10Then also may my wife please another, And may my children be humiliated.

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11For the rage of anger is uncontrollable In defiling another man's wife.

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12For it is a fire burning on every side, And whomever it comes upon, it destroys at the roots.

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13If I have despised the judgment of my servant or handmaid When they judged me,

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14What then will I do when the Lord brings me to trial and visits me? How shall I answer Him?

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15Did not He who made me in the womb make them? So we were fashioned in the same womb.

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16'But the weak did not miss whatever they happened to need, And I did not cause the eyes of the widow to fail.

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17If I ate my morsel by myself And did not share it with the orphan

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18(But from my youth I nourished them as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow);

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19If I have neglected the naked as he was perishing And did not clothe him;

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20If the weak did not bless me, And if their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

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21If I raised my hand against the orphan, Trusting that my strength was far superior to his,

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22Then let my shoulder fall from my collarbone; Let my arm be torn from its socket.

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23For the fear of the Lord seized me, And I cannot endure His burden.

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24If I have made gold my strength Or trusted the precious stone,

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25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And if I, too, laid my hand on countless treasures

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26(Or do I not see the shining sun eclipsed and the moon waning? For this does not depend upon them);

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27If my heart has been secretly deceived, And if I have laid my hand upon my mouth and kissed it,

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28Then may this also be reckoned to me As the greatest lawlessness; For I have lied against the Lord most high.

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29'If I, too, was glad at the fall of my enemies, And my heart said, 'Good! Well done!'

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30Then may my ear hear my curse, And may I be a byword among my people in my affliction.

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31If my handmaids have often said, 'Who may give us his meat to be satisfied?' (But I was very kind.

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32For the stranger did not spend the night outside; And my door was opened to every one who came);

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33If I sinned involuntarily, then covered my sin,

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34(For I did not stand in awe of great multitude, So as not to confess before them); And if I permitted a poor man to go out of my door With an empty bosom

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35(Who may listen to me?); And if I had not feared the hand of the Lord, And as to the document I had against someone,

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36I would place it as a crown on my shoulders and read it,

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37And if I did not tear it up and return it, Having taken nothing from the debtor;

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38'If at any time the land groaned against me And its furrows wept together,

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39If I have eaten its strength alone without paying, Or if I also grieved the soul of the owner of the land By casting him out,

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40Then may the nettle come to me instead of wheat, And bramble instead of barley.'

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