I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I… I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? For what portion of God {is there} from above? and {what} inheritance of the Almighty from on high? {Is} not destruction to the wicked? and a strange {punishment} to the workers of iniquity? Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity {Let…: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice} If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; {Then} let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; {Then} let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. For this {is} an heinous crime; yea, it {is} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judges. For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? {did not one…: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?} If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as {with} a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) {her: that is, the widow} If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; If his loins have not blessed me, and {if} he were {not} warmed with the fleece of my sheep; If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: {Then} let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. {bone: or, chanelbone} For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, {Thou art} my confidence; If I rejoiced because my wealth {was} great, and because mine hand had gotten much; {gotten…: Heb. found much} If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking {in} brightness; {sun: Heb. light} {in…: Heb. bright} And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: {my mouth…: Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth} This also {were} an iniquity {to be punished by} the judge: for I should have denied the God {that is} above. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. {mouth: Heb. palate} If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. The stranger did not lodge in the street: {but} I opened my doors to the traveller. {traveller: or, way} If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men} Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, {and} went not out of the door? Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my…: or, my sign is that the Almighty will} Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, {and} bind it {as} a crown to me. I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; {complain: Heb. weep} If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: {fruits: Heb. strength} {the owners…: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out}