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I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? (31:1)

For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high? (31:2)

[Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity? (31:3)

Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? (31:4)

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; (31:5)

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity (31:6)

If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; (31:7)

[Then] let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out (31:8)

If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or [if] I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; (31:9)

[Then] let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her (31:10)

For this [is] an heinous crime; yea, it [is] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judges (31:11)

For it [is] a fire [that] consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase (31:12)

If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; (31:13)

What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? (31:14)

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? (31:15)

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; (31:16)

Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (31:17)

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as [with] a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) (31:18)

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; (31:19)

If his loins have not blessed me, and [if] he were [not] warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (31:20)

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: (31:21)

[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone (31:22)

For destruction [from] God [was] a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure (31:23)

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence; (31:24)

If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much; (31:25)

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness; (31:26)

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: (31:27)

This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above (31:28)

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: (31:29)

Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul (31:30)

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied (31:31)

The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller (31:32)

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: (31:33) 04

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, [and] went not out of the door? (31:34)

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire [is, that] the Almighty would answer me, and [that] mine adversary had written a book (31:35)

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me (31:36)

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him (31:37)

If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; (31:38)

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: (31:39)

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended (31:40)

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