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Job's Final Protest of Innocence
Chapter 31
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"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.
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For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?
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Isn't it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?
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Doesn't he see everything I do and every step I take?
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"Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?
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Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
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If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,
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then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.
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"If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor's wife,
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then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.
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For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.
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It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.
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"If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,
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how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?
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For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.
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"Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?
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Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?
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No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.
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Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,
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did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?
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"If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,
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then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!
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That would be better than facing God's judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?
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"Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?
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Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?
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"Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
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and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?
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If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.
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"Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?
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No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.
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"My servants have never said, 'He let others go hungry.'
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I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.
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"Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?
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Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?
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"If only someone would listen to me! Look, I will sign my name to my defense. Let the Almighty answer me. Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
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I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.
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For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.
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"If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,
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or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,
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then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley." Job's words are ended.