6. Let God weigh me in the scales of justice;thus will he know my innocence!
7. If my steps have turned out of the way,and my heart has followed my eyes,or any stain clings to my hands,
8. Then may I sow, but another eat,and may my produce be rooted up!
9. If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door;
10. Then may my wife grind for another,and may others kneel over her!
11. For that would be heinous,a crime to be condemned,
12. A fire that would consume down to Abaddontill it uprooted all my crops.
13. Had I refused justice to my manservantor to my maidservant, when they had a complaint against me,
14. What then should I do when God rises up?What could I answer when he demands an account?
15. Did not he who made me in the belly make him?Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have denied anything that the poor desired,or allowed the eyes of the widow to languish
17. While I ate my portion alone,with no share in it for the fatherless,
18. Though like a father he has reared me from my youth,guiding me even from my mother’s womb—
19. If I have seen a wanderer without clothing,or a poor man without covering,
20. Whose limbs have not blessed mewhen warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. If I have raised my hand against the innocentbecause I saw that I had supporters at the gate—