1“I have made a covenant with my eyes.…
2For what is the allotment of God from…
3Does not disaster come to the unjust and…
4Does He not see my ways and count…
5If I have walked in falsehood or my…
6let God weigh me with honest scales, that…
7If my steps have turned from the path,…
8then may another eat what I have sown,…
9If my heart has been enticed by my…
10then may my own wife grind grain for…
11For that would be a heinous crime, an…
12For it is a fire that burns down…
13If I have rejected the cause of my…
14what will I do when God rises to…
15Did not He who made me in the…
16If I have denied the desires of the…
17if I have eaten my morsel alone, not…
18though from my youth I reared him as…
19if I have seen one perish for lack…
20if his heart has not blessed me for…
21if I have lifted up my hand against…
22then may my arm fall from my shoulder…
23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His…
24If I have put my trust in gold…
25if I have rejoiced in my great wealth…
26if I have beheld the sun in its…
27so that my heart was secretly enticed and…
28this would also be an iniquity to be…
29If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin,…
30I have not allowed my mouth to sin…
31if the men of my house have not…
32but no stranger had to lodge on the…
33if I have covered my transgressions like Adam…
34because I greatly feared the crowds and the…
35(Oh, that I had one to hear me!…
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder…
37I would give account of all my steps;…
38if my land cries out against me and…
39if I have devoured its produce without payment…
40then let briers grow instead of wheat and…
