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| 31:1 |
"I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?
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| 31:2 |
"And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
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| 31:3 |
"Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity?
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| 31:4 |
"Does He not see my ways And number all my steps?
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| 31:5 |
"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit,
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| 31:6 |
Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity.
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| 31:7 |
"If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,
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| 31:8 |
Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted.
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| 31:9 |
"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway,
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| 31:10 |
May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her.
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| 31:11 |
"For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.
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| 31:12 |
"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase.
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| 31:13 |
"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,
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| 31:14 |
What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?
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| 31:15 |
"Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?
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| 31:16 |
"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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| 31:17 |
Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it
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| 31:18 |
(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her),
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| 31:19 |
If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering,
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| 31:20 |
If his loins have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
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| 31:21 |
If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
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| 31:22 |
Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
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| 31:23 |
"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
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| 31:24 |
"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
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| 31:25 |
If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;
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| 31:26 |
If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
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| 31:27 |
And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
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| 31:28 |
That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
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| 31:29 |
"Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him?
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| 31:30 |
"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
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| 31:31 |
"Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'?
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| 31:32 |
"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler.
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| 31:33 |
"Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
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| 31:34 |
Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
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| 31:35 |
"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,
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| 31:36 |
Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.
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| 31:37 |
"I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.
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| 31:38 |
"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;
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| 31:39 |
If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,
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| 31:40 |
Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.
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