“If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
(Let me be (A)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)
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,
then let me (D)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me[a] be rooted out.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:8 Or let my descendants

“If I have walked with falseness,
and my foot has hastened to deceit,
let him weigh me in the balance of justice,
and let God know my blamelessness.
If my steps have turned aside from the way,
and my heart has walked after my eyes,
and my hand has clung to a spot,
let me sow, and let another eat,
and let my crops be rooted out.

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