Job 31

CLV(i) 1 I contracted a covenant with my eyes So how should I wrongly consider a virgin? 2 Yet what is the portion of Eloah from above, And the allotment of Him Who Suffices from the heights? 3 Should not calamity be for the iniquitous, And disaster for contrivers of lawlessness? 4 Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? 5 If I have walked with hypocrisy, And my foot has hurried after decei. 6 (Let Him weigh me in the scales of justice, And let Eloah know my integrity), 7 If my movements have turned aside from the way, And my heart has run after what my eyes see, And any blemish clings to my palms, 8 Then let me sow and another eat, And may my offspring be rooted out. 9 If my heart has been enticed by another's wife, Or I have waited in ambush at my associate's portal, 10 May my wife grind grain for another, And may others crouch down upon her. 11 For that would be a crime, And that would be depravity calling for judiciary mediators. 12 For that would be a fire that devours unto Abaddon And roots out all my yield. 13 If I have rejected the plea of my servant and my maidservant When they have brought a contention against me, 14 Then what shall I do when El arises, And when He visits, what shall I reply to Him? 15 Did not He Who made me in the belly make him also, So that the same One prepared us both in the womb? 16 If I have withheld the desire of the poor And have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17 And I have eaten my morsel by myself alone, So that the orphan could not eat of i. 18 (Indeed from my youth he grew great as with a father, And from the belly of my mother I have guided her), 19 If I have seen anyone perishing from lack of clothing, And there was no covering for the needy, 20 If his loins did not bless me, Since he was warmed with the fleece of my lambs, 21 If I have waved my hand against the orphan Because I saw my backing was in the gate, 22 Then may my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, And may my arm be broken from the clavicle. 23 (Indeed I have an awe of calamity from El, And I am not able to stand before His dignity.. 24 If I have made gold my confidence, And I have said to pure gold:My trust, 25 If I have rejoiced that my estate is vast And that my hand has found abundance, 26 If I have seen the sunlight when it irradiates, And the moon advancing like a precious gem, 27 So that my heart was enticed in secret, And my hand kissed my mouth, 28 This also would be depravity calling for judiciary mediation, For I then would have disavowed El above. 29 If I have rejoiced in the misfortune of the one hating me, And I have roused myself in joy because evil had overtaken hi. 30 (Yet I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking with an imprecation against his soul), 31 If the men of my tent have never said:Who can be found who has not been satisfied with his flesh? 32 (The sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler), 33 If I have covered up my transgression like Adam, By burying my depravity in my lap, 34 Because I was terrified of the vast throng, And the contempt of families caused me dismay, And I kept silent and would not go forth from the portal-. 35 (O that I had someone hearing me! Behold, here is my mark; may He Who Suffices answer me! Let a man write his indictment against me on a scroll;" 36 Assuredly, I would bear it on my back; I would wind it as crowns about me;" 37 I would tell him the tale of my steps; Like a nobleman I would approach him.) 38 If my ground has cried out against me, And its furrows have wept together with it, 39 If I have eaten of its vigor without paying silver, So that I have caused the soul of its possessor to expire, 40 Then may the thistle come forth instead of wheat, And nightshade instead of barley! The words of Job are finished.