31 “I have made a covenant with my ^(A)eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?

⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
⁶ (Let me be ^(A)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)
⁷ if my step has turned aside from the way
    and ^(B)my heart has gone after my eyes,
    and if any ^(C)spot has stuck to my hands,
⁸ then let me ^(D)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me^[a] be rooted out.
⁹ “If my heart has been enticed towards a woman,
    and I have ^(E)lain in wait at my neighbour's door,
¹⁰ then let my wife ^(F)grind for another,
    and let others ^(G)bow down on her.
¹¹ For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be an iniquity ^(H)to be punished by the judges;
¹² for that would be a fire ^(I)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my increase.
¹³ “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
    when they brought a complaint against me,
¹⁴ what then shall I do when God rises up?
    When he ^(J)makes enquiry, what shall I answer him?
¹⁵ Did ^(K)not he who made me in the womb make him?
    And did not one fashion us in the womb?
¹⁶ “If I have ^(L)withheld anything that the poor desired,
    or have ^(M)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
¹⁷ or have eaten my morsel alone,
    and the fatherless has not eaten of it

¹⁹ if I have seen anyone ^(A)perish for ^(B)lack of clothing,
    or the needy without ^(C)covering,
²⁰ if his body has not ^(D)blessed me,^[a]
    and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
²¹ if I have raised my hand against ^(E)the fatherless,
    because I saw my help in ^(F)the gate,
²² then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
    and let my arm be broken from its socket.
²³ For I was ^(G)in terror of calamity from God,
    and I could not have faced his ^(H)majesty.
^24 (I)“If I have made gold my ^(J)trust
    or called ^(K)fine gold my confidence,
²⁵ if I have ^(L)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
    or because ^(M)my hand had found much,
^26 (N)if I have looked at the sun^[b] when it shone,
    or ^(O)the moon moving in splendour,
²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
²⁸ this also would be ^(P)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.
²⁹ “If I have ^(Q)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
    or exulted when evil overtook him
³⁰ (^(R)I have not let my mouth sin
    by asking for his life with a curse),
³¹ if the men of my tent have not said,
    ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his ^(S)meat?’
³² (^(T)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
    I have opened my doors to the traveller),
³³ if I ^(U)have concealed my transgressions ^(V)as others do^[c]
    by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
³⁴ because I stood in great fear of ^(W)the multitude,
    and the contempt of families terrified me,
    so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—

³⁸ “If my land has cried out against me
    and its furrows have wept together,
^39 (A)if I have eaten its yield without payment
    and made its owners ^(B)breathe their last,
⁴⁰ let ^(C)thorns grow instead of wheat,
    and foul weeds instead of barley.”

1 Blessed is the man^[a]
    who ^(A)walks not in ^(B)the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in ^(C)the way of sinners,
    nor ^(D)sits in ^(E)the seat of ^(F)scoffers;
² but his ^(G)delight is in the law^[b] of the Lord,
    and on his ^(H)law he meditates day and night.
³ He is like ^(I)a tree
    planted by ^(J)streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
    and its ^(K)leaf does not wither.
^(L)In all that he does, he prospers.
⁴ The wicked are not so,
    but are like ^(M)chaff that the wind drives away.
⁵ Therefore the wicked ^(N)will not stand in the judgement,
    nor sinners in ^(O)the congregation of the righteous;
⁶ for the Lord ^(P)knows ^(Q)the way of the righteous,
    but the way of the wicked will perish.