1"I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?ΒΆ
2For what is the portion from God above,
3Is it not calamity for the unrighteous,
4Doesn't he see my ways,
5"If I have walked with falsehood,
6(let me be weighed in an even balance,
7if my step has turned out of the way,
8then let me sow, and let another eat.
9"If my heart has been enticed to a woman,
10then let my wife grind for another,
11For that would be a heinous crime.
12For it is a fire that consumes to destruction,
13"If I have despised the cause of my male servant
14What then shall I do when God rises up?
15Did not he who made me in the womb make him?
16"If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
17or have eaten my morsel alone,
18(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
19if I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
20if his heart hasn't blessed me,
21if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade,
23For calamity from God is a terror to me.
24"If I have made gold my hope,
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
26if I have seen the sun when it shined,
27and my heart has been secretly enticed,
28this 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
31if the men of my tent have not said,
32(the foreigner has not lodged in the street,
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,
34because I feared the great multitude,
35oh that I had one to hear me!
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
37I would declare to him the number of my steps;
38If my land cries out against me,
39if I have eaten its fruits without money,
40let briars grow instead of wheat,