Job 31:1-40 CSB

[1] I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman? [2] For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high? [3] Doesn't disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers? [4] Does he not see my ways and number all my steps? [5] If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit, [6] let God weigh me on accurate scales, and he will recognize my integrity. [7] If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands, [8] let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted. [9] If my heart has gone astray over a woman or I have lurked at my neighbor's door, [10] let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her. [11] For that would be a disgrace; it would be an iniquity deserving punishment. [12] For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest. [13] If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me, [14] what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer him when he calls me to account? [15] Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb? [16] If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow's eyes go blind, [17] if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it- [18] for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow- [19] if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak, [20] if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep, [21] if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate, [22] then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket. [23] For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of his majesty I could not do these things. [24] If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust, [25] if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much, [26] if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor, [27] so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss, [28] this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above. [29] Have I rejoiced over my enemy's distress, or become excited when trouble came his way? [30] I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. [31] Haven't the members of my household said, "Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table?" [32] No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler. [33] Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my heart [34] because I greatly feared the crowds and because the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside? [35] If only I had someone to hear my case! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose his indictment. [36] I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown. [37] I would give him an account of all my steps; I would approach him like a prince. [38] If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping, [39] if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants, [40] then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.