1. I made a covenant with my eyes, that I would not so much as think upon a virgin.
2. For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
3. Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?
4. Doth not he consider my ways, and number all my steps?
5. If I have walked in vanity, and my foot hath made haste to deceit:
6. Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.
7. If my step hath turned out of the way, and if my heart hath followed my eyes, and if a spot hath cleaved to my hands:
8. Then let me sow and let another eat: and let my offspring be rooted out.
9. If my heart hath been deceived upon a woman, and if I have laid wait at my friend's door:
10. Let my wife be the harlot of another, and let other men lie with her.
11. For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.
12. It is a fire that devoureth even to destruction, and rooteth up all things that spring.