¹“I have made a covenant with my eyes. ²For what is the allotment of God from above, ³Does not disaster come to the unjust ⁴Does He not see my ways ⁵If I have walked in falsehood ⁶let God weigh me with honest scales, ⁷If my steps have turned from the path, ⁸then may another eat what I have sown, ⁹If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, ¹⁰then may my own wife grind grain for another, ¹¹For that would be a heinous crime, ¹²For it is a fire that burns down to Abaddon; ¹³If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant ¹⁴what will I do when God rises to judge? ¹⁵Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? ¹⁶If I have denied the desires of the poor ¹⁷if I have eaten my morsel alone, ¹⁸though from my youth I reared him as would a father, ¹⁹if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, ²⁰if his heart has not blessed me ²¹if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless ²²then may my arm fall from my shoulder ²³For calamity from God terrifies me, ²⁴If I have put my trust in gold ²⁵if I have rejoiced in my great wealth ²⁶if I have beheld the sun in its radiance ²⁷so that my heart was secretly enticed ²⁸this would also be an iniquity to be judged, ²⁹If I have rejoiced in my enemy’s ruin, ³⁰I have not allowed my mouth to sin ³¹if the men of my house have not said, ³²but no stranger had to lodge on the street, ³³if I have covered my transgressions like Adam ³⁴because I greatly feared the crowds ³⁵(Oh, that I had one to hear me! ³⁶Surely I would carry it on my shoulder ³⁷I would give account of all my steps; ³⁸if my land cries out against me ³⁹if I have devoured its produce without payment ⁴⁰then let briers grow instead of wheat