1“I made a covenant with my eyes; how…
2For what is the portion from God above,…
3Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and…
4Doesn’t he see my ways, and count all…
5“If I have walked with falsehood, and my…
6(let me be weighed in an even balance,…
7if my step has turned out of the…
8then let me sow, and let another eat.…
9“If my heart has been enticed to a…
10then let my wife grind for another, and…
11For that would be a heinous crime. Yes,…
12for it is a fire that consumes to…
13“If I have despised the cause of my…
14what then will I do when God rises…
15Didn’t he who made me in the womb…
16“If I have withheld the poor from their…
17or have eaten my morsel alone, and the…
18(no, from my youth he grew up with…
19if I have seen any perish for want…
20if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he…
21if I have lifted up my hand against…
22then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder…
23For calamity from God is a terror to…
24“If I have made gold my hope, and…
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was…
26if I have seen the sun when it…
27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and…
28this also would be an iniquity to be…
29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of…
30(I have certainly not allowed my mouth to…
31if the men of my tent have not…
32(the foreigner has not camped in the street,…
33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions,…
34because I feared the great multitude, and the…
35oh that I had one to hear me!…
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,…
37I would declare to him the number of…
38If my land cries out against me, and…
39if I have eaten its fruits without money,…
40let briers grow instead of wheat, and stinkweed…
