1. I made a brit (covenant) with mine eyes; how then look I upon a betulah?
2. For what chelek of Eloah is there from above? And what nachalah of Shaddai from on high?
3. Is not destruction to the wicked? And a disaster to the poalei aven (workers of wrong)?
4. Doth not He see my derech, and count all my steps?
5. If I have walked with shav (vanity, falsehood), or if my regel hath hasted to mirmah (deceit),
6. Let me be weighed in scales of tzedek that Eloah may know mine tom (integrity).
7. If my step hath turned out of the derech, and mine lev walked after mine eyes, and if any mum hath cleaved to mine hands,
8. Then let me sow, and let acher (another) eat; yea, let my harvest be uprooted.
9. If mine lev have been deceived by an isha, or if I have lurked at petach (doorway) of my re'a;