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Job 31

Job Asserts His Integrity

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"I have made a covenant with my  aeyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin?

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"And what is  athe portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

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"Is it not  acalamity to the unjust And disaster to  bthose who work iniquity?

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"Does He not  asee my ways And  bnumber all my steps?

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"If I have  awalked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit,

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Let Him  aweigh me with  1accurate scales, And let God know  bmy integrity.

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"If my step has  aturned from the way, Or my heart  1followed my eyes, Or if any  bspot has stuck to my hands,

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Let me  asow and another eat, And let my  1 bcrops be uprooted.

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"If my heart has been  aenticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway,

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May my wife  agrind for another, And let  bothers  1kneel down over her.

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"For that would be a  alustful crime; Moreover, it would be  ban iniquity punishable by judges.

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"For it would be  afire that consumes to  1 bAbaddon, And would  cuproot all my  2increase.

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"If I have  adespised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me,

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What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

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"Did not  aHe who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb?

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"If I have kept  athe poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of  bthe widow to fail,

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Or have  aeaten my morsel alone, And  bthe orphan has not  1shared it

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(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from  1infancy I guided her),

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If I have seen anyone perish  afor lack of clothing, Or that  bthe needy had no covering,

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If his loins have not  1thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

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If I have lifted up my hand against  athe orphan, Because I saw  1I had support  bin the gate,

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Let my shoulder fall from the  1socket, And my  aarm be broken off  2at the elbow.

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"For  acalamity from God is a terror to me, And because of  bHis  1majesty I can do nothing.

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"If I have put my confidence in  agold, And called fine gold my trust,

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If I have  agloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;

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If I have  alooked at the  1sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,

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And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand  1threw a kiss from my mouth,

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That too would have been  aan iniquity calling for  1judgment, For I would have  bdenied God above.

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"Have I  arejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or  1exulted when evil befell him?

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1No,  aI have not  2allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in  ba curse.

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"Have the men of my tent not said, `Who can  1find one who has not been  asatisfied with his meat'?

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"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the  1traveler.

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"Have I  acovered my transgressions like  1Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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Because I  afeared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my  1signature;  aLet the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my  badversary has written,

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Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.

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"I would declare to Him  athe number of my steps; Like  ba prince I would approach Him.

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"If my  aland cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;

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If I have  aeaten its  1fruit without money, Or have  bcaused  2its owners to lose their lives,

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Let  abriars  1grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.



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