⁵ “If I have ^(G)walked with deception,
And my foot has hurried after deceit,
⁶ Let Him ^(H)weigh me with ^[a]accurate scales,
And let God know ^(I)my integrity.
⁷ If my step has ^(J)turned from the way,
Or my heart ^[b]followed my eyes,
Or if any ^(K)spot has stuck to my hands,
⁸ Let me ^(L)sow and another eat,
And let my ^[c](M)crops be uprooted.

⁹ “If my heart has been ^(N)enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,
¹⁰ May my wife ^(O)grind grain for another,
And let ^(P)others ^[d]kneel down over her.
¹¹ For that would be a ^(Q)lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be ^(R)wrongdoing punishable by judges.
¹² For it would be ^(S)fire that consumes to ^[e](T)Abaddon,
And would ^(U)uproot all my ^[f]increase.

¹³ “If I have ^(V)rejected the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,
¹⁴ What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, how am I to answer Him?
¹⁵ Did ^(W)He who made me in the womb not make him,
And the same one create us in the womb?

¹⁶ “If I have kept ^(X)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of ^(Y)the widow to fail,
¹⁷ Or have ^(Z)eaten my morsel alone,
And ^(AA)the orphan has not ^[g]shared it
¹⁸ (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from ^[h]my infancy I guided her),
¹⁹ If I have seen anyone perish ^(AB)for lack of clothing,
Or that ^(AC)the needy had no covering,
²⁰ If his waist has not ^[i]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against ^(AD)the orphan,
Because I saw ^[j]I had support ^(AE)in the gate,
²² May my shoulder fall from its ^[k]socket,
And my ^(AF)arm be broken off ^[l]at the elbow.
²³ For ^(AG)disaster from God is a terror to me,
And because of ^(AH)His majesty I can do nothing.

²⁴ “If I have put my confidence in ^(AI)gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
²⁵ If I have ^(AJ)gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had obtained so much;
²⁶ If I have ^(AK)looked at the ^[m]sun when it shone,
Or the moon going in splendor,
²⁷ And my heart was secretly enticed,
And my hand ^[n]threw a kiss from my mouth,
²⁸ That too would have been ^(AL)a guilty deed calling for ^[o]judgment,
For I would have ^(AM)denied God above.

²⁹ “Have I ^(AN)rejoiced at the misfortune of my enemy,
Or become excited when evil found him?
^30 [p]No, ^(AO)I have not ^[q]allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in ^(AP)a curse.
³¹ Have the people of my tent not said,
‘Who can ^[r]find one who has not been ^(AQ)satisfied with his meat’?
³² The stranger has not spent the night outside,
For I have opened my doors to the ^[s]traveler.
³³ Have I ^(AR)covered my wrongdoings like a man,
By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,
³⁴ Because I ^(AS)feared the great multitude
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?
³⁵ Oh that I had one to hear me!
Here is my ^[t]signature;
^(AT)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my ^(AU)adversary has written,
³⁶ I would certainly carry it on my shoulder,
I would tie it to myself like a garland.
³⁷ I would declare to Him ^(AV)the number of my steps;
Like ^(AW)a prince, I would approach Him.

³⁸ “If my ^(AX)land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
³⁹ If I have ^(AY)eaten its ^[u]fruit without money,
Or have ^(AZ)caused ^[v]its owners to lose their lives,
⁴⁰ May the ^(BA)thorn-bush ^[w]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”