1 “I have made an agreement with my eyes.
2 What would God above do ⌞to me⌟?
3 Aren’t there catastrophes for wicked people
4 Doesn’t he see my ways
5 “If I have walked with lies
6 ⌞then⌟ let God weigh me on honest scales,
7 “If my steps have left the ⌞proper⌟ path,
8 ⌞then⌟ let someone else eat what I have planted,
9 “If I have been seduced by a woman
10 ⌞then⌟ let my wife grind for another ⌞man⌟,
11 That would be a scandal,
12 It would be a fire that burns even in Abaddon.
13 “If I have abused the rights of my servants, male or female,
14 then what could I do if God rises up?
15 Didn’t he who made me in my mother’s belly make them?
16 “If I have refused the requests of the poor
17 or have eaten my food alone
18 (From my youth the orphan grew up with me
19 If I have seen anyone die because he had no clothes
20 (If his body didn’t bless me,
21 If I have shaken my fist at an orphan
22 ⌞then⌟ let my shoulder fall out of its socket,
23 “A disaster from God terrifies me.
24 “If I put my confidence in gold
25 If I enjoyed being very rich
26 If I saw the light shine
27 so that my heart was secretly tempted,
28 then that, too, would be a criminal offense,
29 “If I enjoyed the ruin of my enemy
30 (even though I didn’t speak sinfully
31 “If the people who were in my tent had said,
32 (The visitor never spent the night outside,
33 “If I have covered my disobedience like Adam
34 because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd
35 “If only I had someone who would listen to me!
36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder
37 I would tell him the number of my steps
38 “If my land has cried out against me,
39 If I have eaten its produce without paying for it
40 ⌞then⌟ let it grow thistles instead of wheat,