Job 31
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Job 31:19-34

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.

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