微读圣经

1“I have made a covenant with my eyes;

Why then should I 31:1 look intently or gazelook upon a young woman?

2For what is the allotment of God from above,

And the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

3Is it not destruction for the wicked,

And disaster for the workers of iniquity?

4Does He not see my ways,

And count all my steps?

5“If I have walked with falsehood,

Or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

631:6 Lit. Let Him weigh meLet me be weighed on honest scales,

That God may know my integrity.

7If my step has turned from the way,

Or my heart walked after my eyes,

Or if any spot adheres to my hands,

8Then let me sow, and another eat;

Yes, let my harvest be 31:8 uprootedrooted out.

9“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,

Or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

10Then let my wife grind for another,

And let others bow down over her.

11For that would be wickedness;

Yes, it would be iniquity deserving of judgment.

12For that would be a fire that consumes to destruction,

And would root out all my increase.

13“If I have despised the cause of my male or female servant

When they complained against me,

14What then shall I do when God rises up?

When He punishes, how shall I answer Him?

15Did not He who made me in the womb make them?

Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?

16“If I have kept the poor from their desire,

Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

17Or eaten my morsel by myself,

So that the fatherless could not eat of it

18(But from my youth I reared him as a father,

And from my mother’s womb I guided 31:18 Lit. herthe widow);

19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,

Or any poor man without covering;

20If his 31:20 Lit. loinsheart has not blessed me,

And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless,

When I saw I had help in the gate;

22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder,

Let my arm be torn from the socket.

23For destruction from God is a terror to me,

And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.

24“If I have made gold my hope,

Or said to fine gold, ‘You are my confidence’;

25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,

And because my hand had gained much;

26If I have observed the 31:26 Lit. lightsun when it shines,

Or the moon moving in brightness,

27So that my heart has been secretly enticed,

And my mouth has kissed my hand;

28This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment,

For I would have denied God who is above.

29“If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,

Or lifted myself up when evil found him

30(Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin

By asking for a curse on his 31:30 Or lifesoul);

31If the men of my tent have not said,

‘Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?’

32(But no sojourner had to lodge in the street,

For I have opened my doors to the 31:32 So with LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT roadtraveler);

33If I have covered my transgressions as31:33 Or as men do Adam,

By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34Because I feared the great multitude,

And dreaded the contempt of families,

So that I kept silence

And did not go out of the door—

35Oh, that I had one to hear me!

Here is my mark.

Oh, that the Almighty would answer me,

That my 31:35 Lit. AccuserProsecutor had written a book!

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,

And bind it on me like a crown;

37I would declare to Him the number of my steps;

Like a prince I would approach Him.

38“If my land cries out against me,

And its furrows weep together;

39If I have eaten its 31:39 Lit. strengthfruit without money,

Or caused its owners to lose their lives;

40Then let thistles grow instead of wheat,

And weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.