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.
11. For that would have been wicked,a sin to be judged.
12. It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.
13. ‘If I have denied justice to any of my servants,whether male or female,when they had a grievance against me,
14. what will I do when God confronts me?What will I answer when called to account?