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1 # I made <03772> (8804) a covenant <01285> with mine eyes <05869>; why then should I think <0995> (8709) upon a maid <01330>?
2 For what portion <02506> of God <0433> is there from above <04605>? and what inheritance <05159> of the Almighty <07706> from on high <04791>?
3 Is not destruction <0343> to the wicked <05767>? and a strange <05235> punishment to the workers <06466> (8802) of iniquity <0205>?
4 Doth not he see <07200> (8799) my ways <01870>, and count <05608> (8799) all my steps <06806>?
5 If I have walked <01980> (8804) with vanity <07723>, or if my foot <07272> hath hasted <02363> (8799) to deceit <04820>;
6 Let me be weighed <08254> (8799) in an even <06664> balance <03976>, that God <0433> may know <03045> (8799) mine integrity <08538>.
7 If my step <0838> hath turned out <05186> (8799) of the way <01870>, and mine heart <03820> walked <01980> (8804) after <0310> mine eyes <05869>, and if any blot <03971> hath cleaved <01692> (8804) to mine hands <03709> ;
8 Then let me sow <02232> (8799), and let another <0312> eat <0398> (8799); yea, let my offspring <06631> be rooted out <08327> (8792).
9 # If mine heart <03820> have been deceived <06601> (8738) by a woman <0802>, or if I have laid wait <0693> (8804) at my neighbour's <07453> door <06607>;
10 Then let my wife <0802> grind <02912> (8799) unto another <0312>, and let others <0312> bow down <03766> (8799) upon her.
11 For this is an heinous crime <02154>; yea, it is an iniquity <05771> to be punished by the judges <06414>.
12 For it is a fire <0784> that consumeth <0398> (8799) to destruction <011>, and would root out <08327> (8762) all mine increase <08393>.
13 If I did despise <03988> (8799) the cause <04941> of my manservant <05650> or of my maidservant <0519>, when they contended <07379> with me;
14 What then shall I do <06213> (8799) when God <0410> riseth up <06965> (8799)? and when he visiteth <06485> (8799), what shall I answer <07725> (8686) him?
15 Did not he that made <06213> (8802) me in the womb <0990> make <06213> (8804) him? and did not one <0259> fashion <03559> (8787) us in the womb <07358>?
16 # If I have withheld <04513> (8799) the poor <01800> from their desire <02656>, or have caused the eyes <05869> of the widow <0490> to fail <03615> (8762);
17 Or have eaten <0398> (8799) my morsel <06595> myself alone, and the fatherless <03490> hath not eaten <0398> (8804) thereof;
18 (For from my youth <05271> he was brought up <01431> (8804) with me, as with a father <01>, and I have guided <05148> (8686) her from my mother's <0517> womb <0990>;)
19 If I have seen <07200> (8799) any perish <06> (8802) for want of clothing <03830>, or any poor <034> without covering <03682>;
20 If his loins <02504> have not blessed <01288> (8765) me, and if he were not warmed <02552> (8691) with the fleece <01488> of my sheep <03532>;
21 If I have lifted up <05130> (8689) my hand <03027> against the fatherless <03490>, when I saw <07200> (8799) my help <05833> in the gate <08179>:
22 Then let mine arm <03802> fall <05307> (8799) from my shoulder blade <07929>, and mine arm <0248> be broken <07665> (8735) from the bone <07070>.
23 For destruction <0343> from God <0410> was a terror <06343> to me, and by reason of his highness <07613> I could <03201> (8799) not endure.
24 # If I have made <07760> (8804) gold <02091> my hope <03689>, or have said <0559> (8804) to the fine gold <03800>, Thou art my confidence <04009>;
25 If I rejoiced <08055> (8799) because my wealth <02428> was great <07227>, and because mine hand <03027> had gotten <04672> (8804) much <03524>;
26 If I beheld <07200> (8799) the sun <0216> when it shined <01984> (8686), or the moon <03394> walking <01980> (8802) in brightness <03368>;
27 And my heart <03820> hath been secretly <05643> enticed <06601> (8799), or my mouth <06310> hath kissed <05401> (8799) my hand <03027>:
28 This also were an iniquity <05771> to be punished by the judge <06416>: for I should have denied <03584> (8765) the God <0410> that is above <04605>.
29 If I rejoiced <08055> (8799) at the destruction <06365> of him that hated <08130> (8764) me, or lifted up <05782> (8712) myself when evil <07451> found <04672> (8804) him:
30 Neither have I suffered <05414> (8804) my mouth <02441> to sin <02398> (8800) by wishing <07592> (8800) a curse <0423> to his soul <05315>.
31 If the men <04962> of my tabernacle <0168> said <0559> (8804) not, Oh that we had <05414> (8799) of his flesh <01320>! we cannot be satisfied <07646> (8799).
32 The stranger <01616> did not lodge <03885> (8799) in the street <02351>: but I opened <06605> (8799) my doors <01817> to the traveller <0734>.
33 # If I covered <03680> (8765) my transgressions <06588> as Adam <0121>, by hiding <02934> (8800) mine iniquity <05771> in my bosom <02243>:
34 Did I fear <06206> (8799) a great <07227> multitude <01995>, or did the contempt <0937> of families <04940> terrify <02865> (8686) me, that I kept silence <01826> (8799), and went not out <03318> (8799) of the door <06607>?
35 Oh that <05414> (8799) one would hear <08085> (8802) me! behold, my desire <08420> is, that the Almighty <07706> would answer <06030> (8799) me, and that mine adversary <0376> <07379> had written <03789> (8804) a book <05612>.
36 Surely I would take <05375> (8799) it upon my shoulder <07926>, and bind <06029> (8799) it as a crown <05850> to me.
37 I would declare <05046> (8686) unto him the number <04557> of my steps <06806>; as a prince <05057> would I go near <07126> (8762) unto him.
38 If my land <0127> cry <02199> (8799) against me, or that the furrows <08525> likewise <03162> thereof complain <01058> (8799);
39 If I have eaten <0398> (8804) the fruits <03581> thereof without money <03701>, or have caused the owners <01167> thereof to lose <05301> (8689) their life <05315>:
40 Let thistles <02336> grow <03318> (8799) instead of wheat <02406>, and cockle <0890> instead of barley <08184>. The words <01697> of Job <0347> are ended <08552> (8804).