yet my hands have been free of violence 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

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.

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

The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

“ I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman.For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong?Does he not see my ways and count my every step?“ If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit—let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled,then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.“ If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep with her.For that would have been wicked, a sin to be judged.It is a fire that burns to Destruction; it would have uprooted my harvest.“ If I have denied justice to any of my servants, whether male or female, when they had a grievance against me,what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?“ If I have denied the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow grow weary,if I have kept my bread to myself, not sharing it with the fatherless—but from my youth I reared them as a father would, and from my birth I guided the widow—if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing, or the needy without garments,and their hearts did not bless me for warming them with the fleece from my sheep,if I have raised my hand against the fatherless, knowing that I had influence in court,then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.“ If I have put my trust in gold or said to pure gold,‘ You are my security,’if I have rejoiced over my great wealth, the fortune my hands had gained,if I have regarded the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,so that my heart was secretly enticed and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,then these also would be sins to be judged, for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.“ If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune or gloated over the trouble that came to him—I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—if those of my household have never said,‘ Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’—but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—if I have concealed my sin as people do, by hiding my guilt in my heartbecause I so feared the crowd and so dreaded the contempt of the clans that I kept silent and would not go outside—(“ Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defense— let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser put his indictment in writing.Surely I would wear it on my shoulder, I would put it on like a crown.I would give him an account of my every step; I would present it to him as to a ruler.)—“ if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,if I have devoured its yield without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

“ I know full well what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me.You say,‘ Where now is the house of the great, the tents where the wicked lived?’

if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence.

Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands—if I have repaid my ally with evil or without cause have robbed my foe—then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.

All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or disputing.

because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

I will maintain my innocence and never let go of it; my conscience will not reproach me as long as I live.“ May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unjust!

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?You demanded security from your relatives for no reason; you stripped people of their clothing, leaving them naked.You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,though you were a powerful man, owning land— an honored man, living on it.And you sent widows away empty-handed and broke the strength of the fatherless.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.

All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.

But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.