although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

我的手中却无强暴；我的祈祷也是清洁。

我的手中却没有暴力，我的祈祷也是纯洁的。

我的手中却没有暴力，我的祈祷也是纯洁的。

但我未行残暴之事，我的祷告纯真。

然而在我的手中没有强暴，我的祷告也是清洁的。

我的手中卻無強暴；我的祈禱也是清潔。

我的手中卻沒有暴力，我的祈禱也是純潔的。

我的手中卻沒有暴力，我的祈禱也是純潔的。

但我未行殘暴之事，我的禱告純真。

然而在我的手中沒有強暴，我的禱告也是清潔的。

儘管我手中沒有強暴，儘管我的祈禱只是純潔。

然我手無虐、我禱維潔、

然我行無不義、祈無不誠。

然我之手無不義、我之祈禱無不誠、誠原文作清潔

yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

But I haven’t harmed anyone. My prayers to God are pure.

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.

although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

Not for[ any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer[ is] pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

The LORD abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

“ I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?Does he not see my ways and count all my steps?If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit–let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity.If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands,then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted.If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged.For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest.“ If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me,then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb?If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans–but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow!If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat,whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep,if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court,then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket.For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless.“ If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security!’if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained,if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing,so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth,then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him–I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse–if the members of my household have never said,‘ If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler–if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart,because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–“ If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature– let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown;I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him.“ If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together,if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” The words of Job are ended.

“ Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.For you say,‘ Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’

if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.

O LORD my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions,or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.( Selah)

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,would not God discover it, for he knows one’s thoughts?

So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.

for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice;I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban;I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame;I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know;I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.“ May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous.

Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?“ For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes.

All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.However, God heard; he listened to my prayer.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode.