1. ‘I made a covenant with my eyesnot to look lustfully at a young woman.
2. For what is our lot from God above,our heritage from the Almighty on high?
3. Is it not ruin for the wicked,disaster for those who do wrong?
4. Does he not see my waysand count my every step?
5. ‘If I have walked with falsehoodor my foot has hurried after deceit –
6. let God weigh me in honest scalesand he will know that I am blameless –
7. if my steps have turned from the path,if my heart has been led by my eyes,or if my hands have been defiled,
8. then may others eat what I have sown,and may my crops be uprooted.
9. ‘If my heart has been enticed by a woman,or if I have lurked at my neighbour’s door,
10. then may my wife grind another man’s grain,and may other men sleep with her.