I made{H3772}{(H8804)} a covenant{H1285} with mine eyes{H5869}; why then should I think{H995}{(H8709)} upon a maid{H1330}?

For what portion{H2506} of God{H433} is there from above{H4605}? and what inheritance{H5159} of the Almighty{H7706} from on high{H4791}?

Is not destruction{H343} to the wicked{H5767}? and a strange{H5235} punishment to the workers{H6466}{(H8802)} of iniquity{H205}?

Doth not he see{H7200}{(H8799)} my ways{H1870}, and count{H5608}{(H8799)} all my steps{H6806}?

If I have walked{H1980}{(H8804)} with vanity{H7723}, or if my foot{H7272} hath hasted{H2363}{(H8799)} to deceit{H4820};

Let me be weighed{H8254}{(H8799)} in an even{H6664} balance{H3976}, that God{H433} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} mine integrity{H8538}.

If my step{H838} hath turned out{H5186}{(H8799)} of the way{H1870}, and mine heart{H3820} walked{H1980}{(H8804)} after{H310} mine eyes{H5869}, and if any blot{H3971} hath cleaved{H1692}{(H8804)} to mine hands{H3709};

Then let me sow{H2232}{(H8799)}, and let another{H312} eat{H398}{(H8799)}; yea, let my offspring{H6631} be rooted out{H8327}{(H8792)}.

If mine heart{H3820} have been deceived{H6601}{(H8738)} by a woman{H802}, or if I have laid wait{H693}{(H8804)} at my neighbour's{H7453} door{H6607};

Then let my wife{H802} grind{H2912}{(H8799)} unto another{H312}, and let others{H312} bow down{H3766}{(H8799)} upon her.

For this is an heinous crime{H2154}; yea, it is an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judges{H6414}.

For it is a fire{H784} that consumeth{H398}{(H8799)} to destruction{H11}, and would root out{H8327}{(H8762)} all mine increase{H8393}.

If I did despise{H3988}{(H8799)} the cause{H4941} of my manservant{H5650} or of my maidservant{H519}, when they contended{H7379} with me;

What then shall I do{H6213}{(H8799)} when God{H410} riseth up{H6965}{(H8799)}? and when he visiteth{H6485}{(H8799)}, what shall I answer{H7725}{(H8686)} him?

Did not he that made{H6213}{(H8802)} me in the womb{H990} make{H6213}{(H8804)} him? and did not one{H259} fashion{H3559}{(H8787)} us in the womb{H7358}?

If I have withheld{H4513}{(H8799)} the poor{H1800} from their desire{H2656}, or have caused the eyes{H5869} of the widow{H490} to fail{H3615}{(H8762)};

Or have eaten{H398}{(H8799)} my morsel{H6595} myself alone, and the fatherless{H3490} hath not eaten{H398}{(H8804)} thereof;

(For from my youth{H5271} he was brought up{H1431}{(H8804)} with me, as with a father{H1}, and I have guided{H5148}{(H8686)} her from my mother's{H517} womb{H990};)

If I have seen{H7200}{(H8799)} any perish{H6}{(H8802)} for want of clothing{H3830}, or any poor{H34} without covering{H3682};

If his loins{H2504} have not blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} me, and if he were not warmed{H2552}{(H8691)} with the fleece{H1488} of my sheep{H3532};

If I have lifted up{H5130}{(H8689)} my hand{H3027} against the fatherless{H3490}, when I saw{H7200}{(H8799)} my help{H5833} in the gate{H8179}:

Then let mine arm{H3802} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} from my shoulder blade{H7929}, and mine arm{H248} be broken{H7665}{(H8735)} from the bone{H7070}.

For destruction{H343} from God{H410} was a terror{H6343} to me, and by reason of his highness{H7613} I could{H3201}{(H8799)} not endure.

If I have made{H7760}{(H8804)} gold{H2091} my hope{H3689}, or have said{H559}{(H8804)} to the fine gold{H3800}, Thou art my confidence{H4009};

If I rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} because my wealth{H2428} was great{H7227}, and because mine hand{H3027} had gotten{H4672}{(H8804)} much{H3524};

If I beheld{H7200}{(H8799)} the sun{H216} when it shined{H1984}{(H8686)}, or the moon{H3394} walking{H1980}{(H8802)} in brightness{H3368};

And my heart{H3820} hath been secretly{H5643} enticed{H6601}{(H8799)}, or my mouth{H6310} hath kissed{H5401}{(H8799)} my hand{H3027}:

This also were an iniquity{H5771} to be punished by the judge{H6416}: for I should have denied{H3584}{(H8765)} the God{H410} that is above{H4605}.

If I rejoiced{H8055}{(H8799)} at the destruction{H6365} of him that hated{H8130}{(H8764)} me, or lifted up{H5782}{(H8712)} myself when evil{H7451} found{H4672}{(H8804)} him:

Neither have I suffered{H5414}{(H8804)} my mouth{H2441} to sin{H2398}{(H8800)} by wishing{H7592}{(H8800)} a curse{H423} to his soul{H5315}.

If the men{H4962} of my tabernacle{H168} said{H559}{(H8804)} not, Oh that we had{H5414}{(H8799)} of his flesh{H1320}! we cannot be satisfied{H7646}{(H8799)}.

The stranger{H1616} did not lodge{H3885}{(H8799)} in the street{H2351}: but I opened{H6605}{(H8799)} my doors{H1817} to the traveller{H734}.

If I covered{H3680}{(H8765)} my transgressions{H6588} as Adam{H121}, by hiding{H2934}{(H8800)} mine iniquity{H5771} in my bosom{H2243}:

Did I fear{H6206}{(H8799)} a great{H7227} multitude{H1995}, or did the contempt{H937} of families{H4940} terrify{H2865}{(H8686)} me, that I kept silence{H1826}{(H8799)}, and went not out{H3318}{(H8799)} of the door{H6607}?

Oh that{H5414}{(H8799)} one would hear{H8085}{(H8802)} me! behold, my desire{H8420} is, that the Almighty{H7706} would answer{H6030}{(H8799)} me, and that mine adversary{H376}{H7379} had written{H3789}{(H8804)} a book{H5612}.

Surely I would take{H5375}{(H8799)} it upon my shoulder{H7926}, and bind{H6029}{(H8799)} it as a crown{H5850} to me.

I would declare{H5046}{(H8686)} unto him the number{H4557} of my steps{H6806}; as a prince{H5057} would I go near{H7126}{(H8762)} unto him.

If my land{H127} cry{H2199}{(H8799)} against me, or that the furrows{H8525} likewise{H3162} thereof complain{H1058}{(H8799)};

If I have eaten{H398}{(H8804)} the fruits{H3581} thereof without money{H3701}, or have caused the owners{H1167} thereof to lose{H5301}{(H8689)} their life{H5315}:

Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318}{(H8799)} instead of wheat{H2406}, and cockle{H890} instead of barley{H8184}. The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended{H8552}{(H8804)}.