Job 31:5‑40• 5If I walked with falsehood, and my foot hasted to deceit,
6(Let him weigh me in a balance of justice,{HR}And let God [Eloah] know mine integrity,)
7If my step turned aside from the way,{HR}And my heart walked after mine eyes,{HR}And a blot cleaved to my hands,
8Let me sow, and another eat, and my produce be uprooted.
9If my heart was enticed about a woman,{HR}And I laid wait at my neighbour’s door,
10Let my wife grind for another, and others bow down on her.
11For this [is] an infamy, and that a crime for a judge.
12For a fire it [is], it consumeth to destruction,{HR}And it would uproot all my increase.
13If I despised the right of my bondman{HR}Or of my bondmaid, in their contending with me,
14What then shall I do when God [El] ariseth?{HR}And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15In the belly did not he that made me make him?{HR}And did not One fashion us in the womb?
16If I kept back the poor from [their] desire,{HR}And the eyes of the widow made to pine,
17Or ate my morsel by myself,{HR}And the orphan had not eaten of it
18(For from my path I brought him up as a father,{HR}And her I guided from my mother’s womb);
19If I saw [any] perishing without clothing,{HR}And the needy without covering;
20If his loins blessed me not,{HR}And he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I shook my hand over the orphan,{HR}When I saw my help in the gate;
22Let my shoulder fall from the blade,{HR}And mine arm be broken from the bone.
23For the destruction of God [El] was a terror to me,{HR}And before his majesty I was powerless.
24If I made gold my confidence,{HR}And to the pure gold said, My trust;
25If I rejoiced because my weal [was] great,{HR}And because my hand found much;
26If I saw the light when it shineth{HR}And the moon walking splendidly,
27And my heart was secretly enticed{HR}And my hand kissed my mouth
28(And this were a crime for judges,{HR}For to God (El) above I had lied);
29If I rejoiced over the ruin of my hater,{HR}And got uplifted when evil found him;—
30Yea, I suffered not my palate to sin{HR}By asking that his soul might be under a curse;
31If the men of my tent said not,{HR}Who giveth one not satisfied with his flesh?
32The stranger passed not the night in the street;{HR}I opened my doors to the traveler;
33If I, like Adam, covered my transgressions,{HR}Hiding in my bosom mine iniquity,
34Because I feared the great multitude,{HR}And the contempt of families terrified me,{HR}So that I am silent, I go not out of the door.
35O that One would hear me! Lo, my sign.{HR}Let Shaddai answer me,{HR}And mine adversary with the charge:
36Would I not carry it on my shoulder?{HR}I would bind it as crowns on me.
37The number of my steps I would tell him,{HR}As a prince would I go near to him.
38If my land cry out against me,{HR}And its furrows weep together,
39If its strength I consumed without wrong,{HR}And caused the soul of its owners to expire,
40Instead of wheat let thorns come up,{HR}And weeds instead of barley.{HR}The words of Job are ended. (Job 31:5‑40)