1I made3772 a covenant1285 with mine eyes5869; why then should I think995 upon a maid1330?
2For what portion2506 of God433 is there from above4605? and what inheritance5159 of the Almighty7706 from on high4791?
3Is not destruction343 to the wicked5767? and a strange5235 punishment to the workers6466 of iniquity205?
4Doth not he see7200 my ways1870, and count5608 all my steps6806?
5If I have walked1980 with vanity7723, or if my foot7272 hath hasted2363 to deceit4820;
6Let me be weighed8254 in an even6664 balance3976, that God433 may know3045 mine integrity8538.
7If my step838 hath turned out5186 of the way1870, and mine heart3820 walked1980 after310 mine eyes5869, and if any blot3971 hath cleaved1692 to mine hands3709;
8Then let me sow2232, and let another312 eat398; yea, let my offspring6631 be rooted out8327.
9If mine heart3820 have been deceived6601 by a woman802, or if I have laid wait693 at my neighbour's7453 door6607;
10Then let my wife802 grind2912 unto another312, and let others312 bow down3766 upon her.
11For this is an heinous crime2154; yea, it is an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judges6414.
12For it is a fire784 that consumeth398 to destruction11, and would root out8327 all mine increase8393.
13If I did despise3988 the cause4941 of my manservant5650 or of my maidservant519, when they contended7379 with me;
14What then shall I do6213 when God410 riseth up6965? and when he visiteth6485, what shall I answer7725 him?
15Did not he that made6213 me in the womb990 make6213 him? and did not one259 fashion3559 us in the womb7358?
16If I have withheld4513 the poor1800 from their desire2656, or have caused the eyes5869 of the widow490 to fail3615;
17Or have eaten398 my morsel6595 myself alone, and the fatherless3490 hath not eaten398 thereof;
18(For from my youth5271 he was brought up1431 with me, as with a father1, and I have guided5148 her from my mother's517 womb990;)
19If I have seen7200 any perish6 for want of clothing3830, or any poor34 without covering3682;
20If his loins2504 have not blessed1288 me, and if he were not warmed2552 with the fleece1488 of my sheep3532;
21If I have lifted up5130 my hand3027 against the fatherless3490, when I saw7200 my help5833 in the gate8179:
22Then let mine arm3802 fall5307 from my shoulder blade7929, and mine arm248 be broken7665 from the bone7070.
23For destruction343 from God410 was a terror6343 to me, and by reason of his highness7613 I could3201 not endure.
24If I have made7760 gold2091 my hope3689, or have said559 to the fine gold3800, Thou art my confidence4009;
25If I rejoiced8055 because my wealth2428 was great7227, and because mine hand3027 had gotten4672 much3524;
26If I beheld7200 the sun216 when it shined1984, or the moon3394 walking1980 in brightness3368;
27And my heart3820 hath been secretly5643 enticed6601, or my mouth6310 hath kissed5401 my hand3027:
28This also were an iniquity5771 to be punished by the judge6416: for I should have denied3584 the God410 that is above4605.
29If I rejoiced8055 at the destruction6365 of him that hated8130 me, or lifted up5782 myself when evil7451 found4672 him:
30Neither have I suffered5414 my mouth2441 to sin2398 by wishing7592 a curse423 to his soul5315.
31If the men4962 of my tabernacle168 said559 not, Oh that we had5414 of his flesh1320! we cannot be satisfied7646.
32The stranger1616 did not lodge3885 in the street2351: but I opened6605 my doors1817 to the traveller734.
33If I covered3680 my transgressions6588 as Adam121, by hiding2934 mine iniquity5771 in my bosom2243:
34Did I fear6206 a great7227 multitude1995, or did the contempt937 of families4940 terrify2865 me, that I kept silence1826, and went not out3318 of the door6607?
35Oh that5414 one would hear8085 me! behold, my desire8420 is, that the Almighty7706 would answer6030 me, and that mine adversary376 7379 had written3789 a book5612.
36Surely I would take5375 it upon my shoulder7926, and bind6029 it as a crown5850 to me.
37I would declare5046 unto him the number4557 of my steps6806; as a prince5057 would I go near7126 unto him.
38If my land127 cry2199 against me, or that the furrows8525 likewise3162 thereof complain1058;
39If I have eaten398 the fruits3581 thereof without money3701, or have caused the owners1167 thereof to lose5301 their life5315:
40Let thistles2336 grow3318 instead of wheat2406, and cockle890 instead of barley8184. The words1697 of Job347 are ended8552.