1I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look intently upon a virgin? 2For what is the portion from God above, and the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? 3Is it not destruction for the wicked, and calamity for the workers of iniquity? 4Does He not see my ways, and count all my steps? 5If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit, 6let me be weighed on just scales, that God may know my integrity. 7If my step has turned aside from the way, or my heart walked after my eyes, or if any blemish has clung to my hands, 8then let me sow, and another eat; yea, let my harvest be rooted out. 9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, 10then let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her. 11For that would be wickedness; yea, it would be perversity deserving of judgment. 12For that would be a fire that devours to Abaddon, and would root out all my increase. 13If I despised the cause of my male or female servant when they have a dispute with me, 14what then shall I do when the Mighty God rises up? When He reviews my case, what shall I answer Him? 15Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? 16If I have withheld from the poor their desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17or eaten my morsel by myself, and the fatherless has not eaten of it 18(when from my youth, as a father I have raised him, and from my mother’s womb I guided her); 19if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, or any poor man without covering; 20if his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21if I have waved my hand against the fatherless, when I was looking after my help in the gate; 22then let my shoulder fall from my back, and let my arm be broken from the joint. 23For calamity from the Mighty God is a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not do such things. 24If I have made gold my hope, or said to fine gold, you are my confidence; 25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had acquired much; 26if I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in splendor, 27so that my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand; 28this also would be a perversity deserving of judgment, for I would have denied the Mighty God above. 29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or been excited when evil found him 30(indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to request a curse upon his soul); 31if the men of my tent have not said, who is there that is not satisfied with his flesh? 32(no sojourner had to pass the night in the street, for I have opened my doors to the traveler); 33if I have covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom, 34then let me fear the great multitude, and let the contempt of families terrify me, and I will keep silent and not go out of the door. 35Oh, that I had one to hear me! Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me, that the man complaining had written an indictment! 36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it on me like a crown; 37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince I would approach Him. 38If my land cries out against me, or its furrows weep together; 39if I have eaten its produce without money, or caused its owners to expire their souls; 40then let thistles come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are finished.