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31 “I made a covenant with my eyes,
    how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?
For what is the portion from God above,
    and the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,
    and disaster to the workers of iniquity?
Doesn’t he see my ways,
    and count all my steps?

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31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;
    how, then, could I look upon a virgin?(A)
What would be my portion from God above
    and my heritage from the Almighty[a] on high?
Does not calamity befall the unrighteous
    and disaster the workers of iniquity?
Does he not see my ways
    and number all my steps?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 31.2 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai