1I made a covenant with mine eyes;
2For what portion of God is there from above?
3Is not destruction to the wicked?
4Doth not he see my ways,
5If I have walked with vanity,
6Let me be weighed in an even balance,
7If my step hath turned out of the way,
8Then let me sow, and let another eat;
9If mine heart have been deceived by a woman,
10Then let my wife grind unto another,
11For this is a heinous crime;
12For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction,
13If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant,
14What then shall I do when God riseth up?
15Did not he that made me in the womb make him?
16If I have withheld the poor from their desire,
17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone,
18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,
19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing,
20If his loins have not blessed me,
21If I have lift up my hand against the fatherless,
22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade,
23For destruction from God was a terror to me,
24If I have made gold my hope,
25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great,
26If I beheld the sun when it shined,
27And my heart hath been secretly enticed,
28This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge:
29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,
30(Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin
31If the men of my tabernacle said not,
32The stranger did not lodge in the street:
33If I covered my transgressions as Adam,
34Did I fear a great multitude,
35O that one would hear me!
36Surely I would take it upon my shoulder,
37I would declare unto him the number of my steps;
38If my land cry against me,
39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money,
40Let thistles grow instead of wheat,