8. then let me sow, but let another eat;yes, let my offspring be rooted out.
9. “If my heart has been deceived by a woman,or if I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,
10. then let my wife grind for another,and let others bow down over her.
11. For this is a heinous crime;yes, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
12. For it is a fire that consumes to destructionand would root out all my increase.
13. “If I have despised the cause of my male or female servantwhen they complained against me,
14. what then will I do when God rises up?And when He visits, what will I answer Him?
15. Did not He who made me in the womb make him?And did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
16. “If I have kept the poor from their desire,or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17. or have eaten my morsel by myself,so that the fatherless could not eat of it
18. (but from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father,and I have guided the widow from my mother’s womb);
19. if I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,or any poor without covering;
20. if his body has not blessed me,and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless,when I saw I had help in the gate;
22. then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade,and my arm be broken from the bone.
23. For destruction from God is a terror to me,and because of His highness I cannot endure.
24. “If I have made gold my hope,or have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;
25. if I rejoiced because my wealth was great,and because my hand had gained much;
26. if I saw the sun when it shined,or the moon moving in brightness;
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed,or my mouth has kissed my hand;
28. this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judge,for I would have denied the God who is above.