5“If I have walked with falsehood,
Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,
6[b]Let me be weighed on honest scales,
That God may know my integrity.
7If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart walked after my eyes,
Or if any spot adheres to my hands,
8Then let me sow, and another eat;
Yes, let my harvest be [c]rooted out.

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10Then let my wife grind for another,
And let others bow down over her.
11For that would be wickedness;
Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.
12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,
And would root out all my increase.

13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant
When they complained against me,
14What then shall I do when God rises up?
When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?
15Did not He who made me in the womb make them?
Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

16“If I have kept the poor from their desire,
Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17Or eaten my morsel by myself,
So that the fatherless could not eat of it
18(But from my youth I reared him as a father,
And from my mother’s womb I guided [d]the widow);
19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or any poor man without covering;
20If his [e]heart has not blessed me,
And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,
When I saw I had help in the gate;
22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,
Let my arm be torn from the socket.
23For destruction from God is a terror to me,
And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

24“If I have made gold my hope,
Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had gained much;
26If I have observed the [f]sun when it shines,
Or the moon moving in brightness,
27So that my heart has been secretly enticed,
And my mouth has kissed my hand;
28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,
For I would have denied God who is above.

29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him
30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for a curse on his [g]soul);
31If the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’
32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,
For I have opened my doors to the [h]traveler);
33If I have covered my transgressions as[i] Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34Because I feared the great multitude,
And dreaded the contempt of families,
So that I kept silence
And did not go out of the door—
35Oh, that I had one to hear me!
Here is my mark.
Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,
That my [j]Prosecutor had written a book!
36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
And bind it on me like a crown;
37I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.

38“If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
39If I have eaten its [k]fruit without money,
Or caused its owners to lose their lives;
40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat,
And weeds instead of barley.”