31"I made a covenant with my eyes not to look with lust at a young woman.H3772H1285H5869H995H13302For what has God above chosen for us? What is our inheritance from the Almighty on high?H2506H433H4605H5159H7706H47913Isn't it calamity for the wicked and misfortune for those who do evil?H343H5767H5235H6466H2054Doesn't he see everything I do and every step I take?H7200H1870H5608H68065"Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?H1980H7723H7272H2363H48206Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.H8254H6664H3976H433H3045H85387If 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,H838H5186H1870H3820H1980H310H5869H3971H1692H37098then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.H2232H312H398H6631H83279"If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor's wife,H3820H6601H802H693H7453H660710then let my wife belong to another man; let other men sleep with her.H802H2912H312H312H376611For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.H2154H5771H641412It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.H784H398H11H8327H839313"If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,H3988H4941H5650H519H737914how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?H6213H410H6965H6485H772515For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.H6213H990H6213H259H3559H735816"Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?H4513H1800H2656H5869H490H361517Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?H398H6595H3490H39818No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.H5271H1431H1H5148H517H99019Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,H7200H6H3830H34H368220did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?H2504H1288H2552H1488H353221"If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,H5130H3027H3490H7200H5833H817922then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!H3802H5307H7929H248H7665H707023That would be better than facing God's judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?H343H410H6343H7613H320124"Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?H7760H2091H3689H559H3800H400925Have I gloated about my wealth and all that I own?H8055H2428H7227H3027H4672H352426"Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway,H7200H216H1984H3394H1980H336827and been secretly enticed in my heart to throw kisses at them in worship?H3820H5643H6601H6310H5401H302728If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.H5771H6416H3584H410H460529"Have I ever rejoiced when disaster struck my enemies, or become excited when harm came their way?H8055H6365H8130H5782H7451H467230No, I have never sinned by cursing anyone or by asking for revenge.H5414H2441H2398H7592H423H531531"My servants have never said, 'He let others go hungry.'H4962H168H559H5414H1320H764632I have never turned away a stranger but have opened my doors to everyone.H1616H3885H2351H6605H1817H73433"Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do, concealing my guilt in my heart?H3680H6588H121H2934H5771H224334Have I feared the crowd or the contempt of the masses, so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?H6206H7227H1995H937H4940H2865H1826H3318H660735"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.H5414H8085H8420H7706H6030H376H7379H3789H561236I would face the accusation proudly. I would wear it like a crown.H5375H7926H6029H585037For I would tell him exactly what I have done. I would come before him like a prince.H5046H4557H6806H5057H712638"If my land accuses me and all its furrows cry out together,H127H2199H8525H3162H105839or if I have stolen its crops or murdered its owners,H398H3581H3701H1167H5301H531540then let thistles grow on that land instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley." Job's words are ended.H2336H3318H2406H890H8184H1697H347H8552
another man; let other men sleep with her.H802
