Job 31:13-40

13“If I have denied justice to my male or female servant when they disputed with me,

14then what could I do when God rises up; when He visits, how will I answer Him?

15Did not He who made me in the womb, make him? Did not the same one form us in the womb?

16“If I withheld the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow to fail,

17if I ate my morsel of bread myself, without letting an orphan eat of it

18(but from my youth I reared him as a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided her),

19if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing or the needy without a covering,

20if his heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,

21if I have raised my hand against the orphan, when I saw my support in the gate,

22then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder, and let my arm be broken off at the joint.

23For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty, I could do nothing.

24“If I have put my confidence in gold or said to fine gold, ‘You are my security,’

25if I rejoiced because of my great wealth or because of the abundance my hand acquired,

26if I looked at the sun when it shines or the moon moving in splendor,

27so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

28then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God above.

29“If I rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated because calamity found him—

30I have not allowed my mouth to sin, by asking for his life with a curse—

31if anyone in my household has ever said, ‘Who has not been filled with his meat?’

32—but no stranger had to spend the night outside for my door was open to the traveler—

33if I have I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my guilt in my bosom

34because I feared a great multitude, and the contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside.

35O, that I had someone to hear me! Look, here is my signature, let Shaddai answer me, let the accuser write the indictment!

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown.

37I would give Him an account of my steps; like a prince I would approach Him.

38“If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together,

39if I have eaten its fruits without money, or caused the death of its owners,

40then let briars come up instead of wheat, and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.