⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit^(A)—
⁶ let God weigh me^(B) in honest scales^(C)
    and he will know that I am blameless^(D)—
⁷ if my steps have turned from the path,^(E)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands^(F) have been defiled,^(G)
8 then may others eat what I have sown,^(H)
    and may my crops be uprooted.^(I)

⁹ “If my heart has been enticed^(A) by a woman,^(B)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
¹⁰ then may my wife grind^(C) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.^(D)
11 For that would have been wicked,^(E)
    a sin to be judged.^(F)
12 It is a fire^(G) that burns to Destruction^[a];^(H)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.^(I)

¹³ “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,^(A)
    whether male or female,
    when they had a grievance against me,^(B)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?^(C)
    What will I answer when called to account?^(D)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?^(E)
    Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?^(F)

¹⁶ “If I have denied the desires of the poor^(A)
    or let the eyes of the widow^(B) grow weary,^(C)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless^(D)—
¹⁸ but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
    and from my birth I guided the widow^(E)—
¹⁹ if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,^(F)
    or the needy^(G) without garments,
²⁰ and their hearts did not bless me^(H)
    for warming them with the fleece^(I) from my sheep,
²¹ if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,^(J)
    knowing that I had influence in court,^(K)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.^(L)
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,^(M)
    and for fear of his splendor^(N) I could not do such things.^(O)

²⁴ “If I have put my trust in gold^(A)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’^(B)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,^(C)
    the fortune my hands had gained,^(D)

²⁶ if I have regarded the sun^(A) in its radiance
    or the moon^(B) moving in splendor,
²⁷ so that my heart was secretly enticed^(C)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,^(D)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,^(E)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.^(F)

²⁹ “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune^(A)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him^(B)—
³⁰ I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life^(C)—

³¹ if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’^(A)—
³² but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler^(B)—

³³ if I have concealed^(A) my sin as people do,^[a]
    by hiding^(B) my guilt in my heart
³⁴ because I so feared the crowd^(C)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent^(D) and would not go outside—