⁵ “If I have walked with lies
    or my feet have run after deception,
⁶ then let Eloah weigh me on honest scales,
    and he will know I have integrity.

⁷ “If my steps have left the proper path,
    or my heart has followed the desire of my eyes,
    or my hands are stained with sin,
⁸ then let someone else eat what I have planted,
    and let my crops be uprooted.

⁹ “If I have been seduced by a woman
    or I have secretly waited near my neighbor’s door,
¹⁰ then let my wife grind for another man,
    and let other men kneel over her.
¹¹ That would be a scandal,
    and that would be a criminal offense.
¹² It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon.
    It would uproot my entire harvest.

¹³ “If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female,
    when they have disagreed with me,
¹⁴ then what could I do if El rises up?
    If he examines me, how could I answer him?
¹⁵ Didn’t he who made me in my mother’s belly make them?
    Didn’t the same God form us in the womb?

¹⁶ “If I have refused the requests of the poor
    or made a widow’s eyes stop looking for help,
¹⁷ or have eaten my food alone
    without letting the orphan eat any of it. . . .
¹⁸ (From my youth the orphan grew up with me
    as though I were his father,
        and from my birth I treated the widow kindly.)
¹⁹ If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothes
    or a poor person going naked. . . .
²⁰ (If his body didn’t bless me,
    or the wool from my sheep didn’t keep him warm. . . .)
²¹ If I have shaken my fist at an orphan
    because I knew that others would back me up in court,
²² then let my shoulder fall out of its socket,
    and let my arm be broken at the elbow.

²³ “A disaster from El terrifies me.
    In the presence of his majesty I can do nothing.

²⁴ “If I put my confidence in gold
    or said to fine gold, ‘I trust you’. . . .
²⁵ If I enjoyed being very rich
    because my hand had found great wealth. . . .
²⁶ If I saw the light shine
    or the moon move along in its splendor
²⁷ so that my heart was secretly tempted,
    and I threw them a kiss with my hand,
²⁸ then that, too, would be a criminal offense,
    and I would have denied El above.

²⁹ “If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemy
    or celebrated when harm came to him
³⁰ (even though I didn’t speak sinfully
    by calling down a curse on his life). . . .

³¹ “If the people who were in my tent had said,
    ‘We wish we had never filled our stomachs with his food’. . . .
³² (The visitor never spent the night outside,
    because I opened my door to the traveler.)

³³ “If I have covered my disobedience like Adam
    and kept my sin to myself,
³⁴ because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd
    and because the contempt of the local mobs terrified me
        so that I kept quiet and didn’t go outside. . . .

³⁵ “If only I had someone who would listen to me!
    Look, here is my signature!
        Let Shadday answer me.
        Let the prosecutor write his complaint on a scroll.
³⁶ I would certainly carry it on my shoulder
    and place it on my head like a crown.
³⁷ I would tell him the number of my steps
    and approach him like a prince.

³⁸ “If my land has cried out against me,
    and its furrows have wept. . . .
³⁹ If I have eaten its produce without paying for it
    and made its owners breathe their last,
⁴⁰ then let it grow thistles instead of wheat,
    and foul-smelling weeds instead of barley.”