31 “I made a covenant with my eyes^(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.^(B)

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^(J) by a woman,^(K)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
¹⁰ then may my wife grind^(L) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.^(M)
11 For that would have been wicked,^(N)
    a sin to be judged.^(O)
12 It is a fire^(P) that burns to Destruction^[a];^(Q)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.^(R)

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

¹⁶ “If I have denied the desires of the poor^(Y)
    or let the eyes of the widow^(Z) grow weary,^(AA)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
    not sharing it with the fatherless^(AB)—

¹⁹ if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,^(A)
    or the needy^(B) without garments,
²⁰ and their hearts did not bless me^(C)
    for warming them with the fleece^(D) from my sheep,
²¹ if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,^(E)
    knowing that I had influence in court,^(F)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
    let it be broken off at the joint.^(G)
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,^(H)
    and for fear of his splendor^(I) I could not do such things.^(J)

²⁴ “If I have put my trust in gold^(K)
    or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’^(L)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,^(M)
    the fortune my hands had gained,^(N)
26 if I have regarded the sun^(O) in its radiance
    or the moon^(P) moving in splendor,
²⁷ so that my heart was secretly enticed^(Q)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,^(R)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,^(S)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.^(T)

²⁹ “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune^(U)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him^(V)—
³⁰ I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life^(W)—
³¹ if those of my household have never said,
    ‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’^(X)—
³² but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
    for my door was always open to the traveler^(Y)—
³³ if I have concealed^(Z) my sin as people do,^[a]
    by hiding^(AA) my guilt in my heart
³⁴ because I so feared the crowd^(AB)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent^(AC) and would not go outside—

³⁸ “if my land cries out against me^(A)
    and all its furrows are wet^(B) with tears,
³⁹ if I have devoured its yield without payment^(C)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,^(D)
40 then let briers^(E) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed^(F) instead of barley.”

⁴ Not so the wicked!
    They are like chaff^(Q)
    that the wind blows away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked will not stand^(R) in the judgment,^(S)
    nor sinners in the assembly^(T) of the righteous.

⁶ For the Lord watches over^(U) the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.^(V)