Job 31:5-23

5“Have I lied to anyone or deceived anyone?

6Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.

7If I have strayed from his pathway, or if my heart has lusted for what my eyes have seen, or if I am guilty of any other sin,

8then let someone else eat the crops I have planted. Let all that I have planted be uprooted.

9“If my heart has been seduced by a woman, or if I have lusted for my neighbor’s wife,

10then let my wife serve another man; let other men sleep with her.

11For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished.

12It is a fire that burns all the way to hell. It would wipe out everything I own.

13“If I have been unfair to my male or female servants when they brought their complaints to me,

14how could I face God? What could I say when he questioned me?

15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.

16“Have I refused to help the poor, or crushed the hopes of widows?

17Have I been stingy with my food and refused to share it with orphans?

18No, from childhood I have cared for orphans like a father, and all my life I have cared for widows.

19Whenever I saw the homeless without clothes and the needy with nothing to wear,

20did they not praise me for providing wool clothing to keep them warm?

21“If I raised my hand against an orphan, knowing the judges would take my side,

22then let my shoulder be wrenched out of place! Let my arm be torn from its socket!

23That would be better than facing God’s judgment. For if the majesty of God opposes me, what hope is there?