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# Chapter 31
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1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
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how then could I gaze at a virgin?
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2 What would be my portion from God above
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and my heritage from the Almighty on high?
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3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
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and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
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4 Does not he see my ways
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and number all my steps?
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5 “If I have walked with falsehood
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and my foot has hastened to deceit;
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6 (Let me be weighed in a just balance,
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and let God know my integrity!)
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7 if my step has turned aside from the way
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and my heart has gone after my eyes,
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and if any spot has stuck to my hands,
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8 then let me sow, and another eat,
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and let what grows for me be rooted out.
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9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
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and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
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10 then let my wife grind for another,
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and let others bow down on her.
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11 For that would be a heinous crime;
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that would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;
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12 for that would be a fire that consumes as far as Abaddon,
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and it would burn to the root all my increase.
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13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
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when they brought a complaint against me,
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14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
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When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
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15 Did not he who made me in the womb make him?
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And did not one fashion us in the womb?
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16 “If I have withheld anything that the poor desired,
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or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
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17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
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and the fatherless has not eaten of it
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18 (for from my youth the fatherless grew up with me as with a father,
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and from my mother's womb I guided the widow),
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19 if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
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or the needy without covering,
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20 if his body has not blessed me,
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and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
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21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
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because I saw my help in the gate,
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22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
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and let my arm be broken from its socket.
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23 For I was in terror of calamity from God,
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and I could not have faced his majesty.
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24 “If I have made gold my trust
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or called fine gold my confidence,
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25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
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or because my hand had found much,
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26 if I have looked at the sun when it shone,
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or the moon moving in splendor,
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27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
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and my mouth has kissed my hand,
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28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
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for I would have been false to God above.
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29 “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
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or exulted when evil overtook him
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30 (I have not let my mouth sin
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by asking for his life with a curse),
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31 if the men of my tent have not said,
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‘Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?’
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32 (the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
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I have opened my doors to the traveler),
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33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do
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by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
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34 because I stood in great fear of the multitude,
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and the contempt of families terrified me,
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so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
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35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
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(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!)
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Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!
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36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
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I would bind it on me as a crown;
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37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
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like a prince I would approach him.
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38 “If my land has cried out against me
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and its furrows have wept together,
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39 if I have eaten its yield without payment
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and made its owners breathe their last,
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40 let thorns grow instead of wheat,
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and foul weeds instead of barley.”
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The words of Job are ended. |