31 “I made a covenant with my eyes^(A)
    not to look lustfully at a young woman.^(B)
2 For what is our lot^(C) from God above,
    our heritage from the Almighty on high?^(D)
3 Is it not ruin^(E) for the wicked,
    disaster^(F) for those who do wrong?^(G)
4 Does he not see my ways^(H)
    and count my every step?^(I)

⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood
    or my foot has hurried after deceit^(J)—
⁶ let God weigh me^(K) in honest scales^(L)
    and he will know that I am blameless^(M)—
⁷ if my steps have turned from the path,^(N)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands^(O) have been defiled,^(P)
8 then may others eat what I have sown,^(Q)
    and may my crops be uprooted.^(R)

⁹ “If my heart has been enticed^(S) by a woman,^(T)
    or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
¹⁰ then may my wife grind^(U) another man’s grain,
    and may other men sleep with her.^(V)
11 For that would have been wicked,^(W)
    a sin to be judged.^(X)
12 It is a fire^(Y) that burns to Destruction^[a];^(Z)
    it would have uprooted my harvest.^(AA)

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—

³⁵ (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!^(E)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser^(F) put his indictment in writing.
³⁶ Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,^(G)
    I would put it on like a crown.^(H)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;^(I)
    I would present it to him as to a ruler.^(J))—

³⁸ “if my land cries out against me^(K)
    and all its furrows are wet^(L) with tears,
³⁹ if I have devoured its yield without payment^(M)
    or broken the spirit of its tenants,^(N)
40 then let briers^(O) come up instead of wheat
    and stinkweed^(P) instead of barley.”