7. If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8. Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
9. If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door;
10. Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.
11. For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:
12. For it is a fire that consumeth unto Destruction, And would root out all mine increase.
13. If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
14. What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?
15. Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have withheld the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless hath not eaten thereof
18. (Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother’s womb);
19. If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
20. If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:
22. Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, And mine arm be broken from the bone.
23. For calamity from God is a terror to me, And by reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
24. If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
26. If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,
27. And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand: