1 “I made a covenant with my eyes, 2 For what is the portion from God above, 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, 4 Doesn’t he see my ways, 5 “If I have walked with falsehood, 6 (let me be weighed in an even balance, 7 if my step has turned out of the way, 8 then let me sow, and let another eat. 9 “If my heart has been enticed to a woman, 10 then let my wife grind for another, 11 For that would be a heinous crime. 12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, 13 “If I have despised the cause of my male servant 14 What then shall I do when God rises up? 15 Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? 16 “If I have withheld the poor from their desire, 17 or have eaten my morsel alone, 18 (no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, 19 if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, 20 if his heart hasn’t blessed me, 21 if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, 22 then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder blade, 23 For calamity from God is a terror to me. 24 “If I have made gold my hope, 25 If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, 26 if I have seen the sun when it shined, 27 and my heart has been secretly enticed, 28 this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; 29 “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, 30 (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin 31 if the men of my tent have not said, 32 (the foreigner has not lodged in the street, 33 if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, 34 because I feared the great multitude, 35 oh that I had one to hear me! 36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; 37 I would declare to him the number of my steps. 38 If my land cries out against me, 39 if I have eaten its fruits without money, 40 let briers grow instead of wheat,