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¹ I promised myself
never to stare with desire
    at a young woman.
² God All-Powerful punishes
    men who do that.
³ In fact, God sends disaster
    on all who sin,
⁴ and he keeps a close watch
    on everything I do.

⁵ I am not dishonest or deceitful,
⁶ and I beg God to prove
    my innocence.
⁷ If I have disobeyed him
    or even wanted to,
⁸ then others can eat my harvest
    and uproot my crops.
⁹ If I have desired someone's wife
    and chased after her,
¹⁰ then let some stranger
    steal my wife from me.
¹¹ If I took someone's wife,
    it would be a horrible crime,
¹² sending me to destruction
    and my crops to the flames.^[a]

¹³ When my servants
complained against me,
    I was fair to them.
¹⁴ Otherwise, what answer
would I give to God
    when he judges me?
¹⁵ After all, God is the one
who gave life to each of us
    before we were born.

¹⁶ I have never cheated widows
    or others in need,
¹⁷ and I have always shared
    my food with orphans.
¹⁸ Since the time I was young,
I have cared for orphans
    and helped widows.^[b]
19 I provided clothes for the poor,
²⁰     and I was praised
for supplying woolen garments
    to keep them warm.
²¹ If I have ever raised my arm
to threaten an orphan
    when the power was mine,
²² I hope that arm will fall
    from its socket.
²³ I could not have been abusive;
I was terrified at the thought
    that God might punish me.
²⁴ I have never trusted
    the power of wealth,
²⁵ or taken pride in owning
    many possessions.
²⁶ I have never openly or secretly
²⁷     worshiped the sun or moon.
²⁸ Such horrible sins
would have deserved
    punishment from God.

²⁹ I have never laughed
when my enemies
    were struck by disaster.
³⁰ Neither have I sinned
    by asking God
to send down on them
    the curse of death.
³¹ No one ever went hungry^[c]
    at my house,
³² and travelers
    were always welcome.
³³ Many have attempted to hide
their sins from others—
    but I refused.
³⁴ And the fear of public disgrace
never forced me
to keep silent
    about what I had done.

³⁵ Why doesn't God All-Powerful
    listen and answer?
If God has something against me,
let him speak up
    or put it in writing!
³⁶ Then I would wear his charges
    on my clothes and forehead.
³⁷ And with my head held high,
I would tell him everything
    I have ever done.

³⁸ I have never mistreated
the land I farmed
    and made it mourn.^[d]
39 Nor have I cheated
my workers
    and caused them pain.^[e]
40 If I had, I would pray
for weeds instead of wheat
    to grow in my fields.
After saying these things,
    Job was silent.