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¹ Why then should I look upon a young woman? ² And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high? ³ And disaster for the workers of iniquity? ⁴ And count all my steps? ⁵ Or if my foot has hastened to deceit, ⁶ That God may know my integrity. ⁷ Or if any spot adheres to my hands, ⁸ Yes, let my harvest be rooted out. ⁹ Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door, ¹⁰ And let others bow down over her. ¹¹ Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment. ¹² And would root out all my increase. ¹³ When they complained against me, ¹⁴ When He punishes, how shall I answer Him? ¹⁵ Did not the same One fashion us in the womb? ¹⁶ Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, ¹⁷ So that the fatherless could not eat of it ¹⁸ And from my mother’s womb I guided the widow); ¹⁹ Or any poor man without covering; ²⁰ And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; ²¹ When I saw I had help in the gate; ²² Let my arm be torn from the socket. ²³ And because of His magnificence I cannot endure. ²⁴ Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’; ²⁵ And because my hand had gained much; ²⁶ Or the moon moving in brightness, ²⁷ And my mouth has kissed my hand; ²⁸ For I would have denied God who is above. ²⁹ Or lifted myself up when evil found him ³⁰ By asking for a curse on his soul); ³¹ ‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’ ³² For I have opened my doors to the traveler); ³³ By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, ³⁴ And did not go out of the door— ³⁵ That my Prosecutor had written a book! ³⁶ And bind it on me like a crown; ³⁷ Like a prince I would approach Him. ³⁸ And its furrows weep together; ³⁹ Or caused its owners to lose their lives; ⁴⁰ The words of Job are ended.