Job 31

I made a covenant with mine eyes;

For what is the portion from God above,

Is it not calamity to the unrighteous,

Doth not he see my ways,

If I have walked with falsehood,

(Let me be weighed in an even balance,

If my step hath turned out of the way,

Then let me sow, and let another eat;

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman,

Then let my wife grind unto another,

For that were a heinous crime;

For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction,

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant,

What then shall I do when God riseth up?

Did not he that made me in the womb make him?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire,

Or have eaten my morsel alone,

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,

If his loins have not blessed me,

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,

Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade,

For calamity from God is a terror to me,

If I have made gold my hope,

If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,

If I have beheld the sun when it shined,

And my heart hath been secretly enticed,

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges;

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,

(Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin

If the men of my tent have not said,

(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street;

If like Adam I have covered my transgressions,

Because I feared the great multitude,

Oh that I had one to hear me!

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder;

I would declare unto him the number of my steps;

If my land crieth out against me,

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,

Let thistles grow instead of wheat,