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¹ "But I made an agreement with my eyes
    not to look with desire at a girl.
² What has God above promised for people?
    What has the Almighty planned from on high?
³ It is ruin for evil people
    and disaster for those who do wrong.
⁴ God sees my ways
    and counts every step I take.

⁵ "If I have been dishonest
    or lied to others,
⁶ then let God weigh me on honest scales.
    Then he will know I have done nothing wrong.
⁷ If I have turned away from doing what is right,
    or my heart has been led by my eyes to do wrong,
    or my hands have been made unclean,
⁸ then let other people eat what I have planted,
    and let my crops be plowed up.

⁹ "If I have desired another woman
    or have waited at my neighbor's door for his wife,
¹⁰ then let my wife grind another man's grain,
    and let other men have sexual relations with her.
¹¹ That would be shameful,
    a sin to be punished.
¹² It is like a fire that burns and destroys;
    all I have done would be plowed up.

¹³ "If I have been unfair to my male and female slaves
    when they had a complaint against me,
¹⁴ how could I tell God what I did?
    What will I answer when he asks me to explain what I've done?
¹⁵ God made me in my mother's womb, and he also made them;
    the same God formed both of us in our mothers' wombs.

¹⁶ "I have never refused the appeals of the poor
    or let widows give up hope while looking for help.
¹⁷ I have not kept my food to myself
    but have given it to the orphans.
¹⁸ Since I was young, I have been like a father to the orphans.
    From my birth I guided the widows.
¹⁹ I have not let anyone die for lack of clothes
    or let a needy person go without a coat.
²⁰ That person's heart blessed me,
    because I warmed him with the wool of my sheep.
²¹ I have never hurt an orphan
    even when I knew I could win in court.
²² If I have, then let my arm fall off my shoulder
    and be broken at the joint.
²³ I fear destruction from God,
    and I fear his majesty, so I could not do such things.

²⁴ "I have not put my trust in gold
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security.'
²⁵ I have not celebrated my great wealth
    or the riches my hands had gained.
²⁶ I have not thought about worshiping the sun in its brightness
    nor admired the moon moving in glory
²⁷ so that my heart was pulled away from God.
    My hand has never offered the sun and moon a kiss of worship.
²⁸ If I had, these also would have been sins to be punished,
    because I would have been unfaithful to God.

²⁹ "I have not been happy when my enemies fell
    or laughed when they had trouble.
³⁰ I have not let my mouth sin
    by cursing my enemies' life.
³¹ The servants of my house have always said,
    ‘All have eaten what they want of Job's food.'
³² No stranger ever had to spend the night in the street,
    because I always let travelers stay in my home.
³³ I have not hidden my sin as others do,
    secretly keeping my guilt to myself.
³⁴ I was not so afraid of the crowd
that I kept quiet and stayed inside
    because I feared being hated by other families.

³⁵ ("How I wish a court would hear my case!
    Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth.
Now let the Almighty answer me;
    let the one who accuses me write it down.
³⁶ I would wear the writing on my shoulder;
    I would put it on like a crown.
³⁷ I would explain to God every step I took,
    and I would come near to him like a prince.)

³⁸ "If my land cries out against me
    and its plowed rows are not wet with tears,
³⁹ if I have taken the land's harvest without paying
    or have broken the spirit of those who worked the land,
⁴⁰ then let thorns come up instead of wheat,
    and let weeds come up instead of barley."