Job 31

¹I made a couenant with mine eyes: why then should I thinke on a mayde?

²For what portion should I haue of God from aboue? and what inheritance of the Almightie from on hie?

³Is not destruction to the wicked and strange punishment to the workers of iniquitie?

⁴Doeth not he beholde my wayes and tell all my steps?

⁵If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,

⁶Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shall know mine vprightnes.

⁷If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,

⁸Let me sowe, and let another eate: yea, let my plantes be rooted out.

⁹If mine heart hath bene deceiued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at the doore of my neighbour,

¹⁰Let my wife grinde vnto another man, and let other men bow downe vpon her:

¹¹For this is a wickednes, and iniquitie to bee condemned:

¹²Yea, this is a fire that shall deuoure to destruction, and which shall roote out al mine increase,

¹³If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

¹⁴What then shall I do when God standeth vp? and when he shall visit me, what shall I answere?

¹⁵He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?