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1“I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?

1“I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.

2For what is the allotment of God from above, And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

2For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?

3Is it not destruction for the wicked, And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

3Isn’t it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?

4Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?

4Doesn’t he see everything I do and every step I take?

5“If I have walked with falsehood, Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

6Let me be weighed on honest scales, That God may know my integrity.

6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.

7If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart walked after my eyes, Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

7If 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,

8Then let me sow, and another eat; Yes, let my harvest be rooted out.

8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,

10Then let my wife grind for another, And let others bow down over her.

10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

11For that would be wickedness; Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.

12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant When they complained against me,

13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

14What then shall I do when God rises up? When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

15Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.

16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

17Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it

17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

18(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow);

18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering;

19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,

20If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;

21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.

22then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!

23For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?

24“If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

24“Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?

25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;

25Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?

26If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,

26“Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,

27So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;

27and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?

28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.

28If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him

29“Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?

30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);

30No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.

31If the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’

31“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’

32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler);

32I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.

33If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

33“Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?

34Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door—

34Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?

35Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!

35“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.

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;

36I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.

37I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.

37For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.

38“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

38“If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,

39If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

39or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,

40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat, And weeds instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

40then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley.” Job’s words are ended.

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