31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin 31:2 What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high 31:3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity 31:4 Does not he see my ways and number all my steps 31:5 "If I have walked with falsehood and my foot has hastened to deceit; 31:6 (Let me be weighed in a just balance, and let God know my integrity!) 31:7 if my step has turned aside from the way and my heart has gone after my eyes, and if any spot has stuck to my hands, 31:8 then let me sow, and another eat, and let what grows for me be rooted out. 31:9 "If my heart has been enticed toward a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, 31:10 then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down on her. 31:11 For that would be a heinous crime; that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; 31:12 for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon, and it would burn to the root all my increase. 31:13 "If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant, when they brought a complaint against me, 31:14 what then shall I do when God rises up When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him 31:15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him And did not one fashion us in the womb 31:16 "If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 31:17 or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 31:18 (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow), 31:19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or the needy without covering, 31:20 if his body has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, 31:21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate, 31:22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken from its socket. 31:23 For I was in terror of calamity from God, and I could not have faced his majesty. 31:24 "If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence, 31:25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much, 31:26 if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor, 31:27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand, 31:28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above. 31:29 "If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him 31:30 (I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse), 31:31 if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been filled with his meat' 31:32 (the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), 31:33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my bosom, 31:34 because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors-- 31:35 Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary! 31:36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown; 31:37 I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him. 31:38 "If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together, 31:39 if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last, 31:40 let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.