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Chapter 31.

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My step hath turned out of the way,
and mine heart walked after mine eyes,

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and if any blot hath cleaved to mine
hands, then let me sow, and let another

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eat.

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Yea, let my offspring be rooted out,
if mine heart have been deceived by a

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woman, or if I have laid wait at my
neighbour's door.

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Then let my wife grind unto another,
and let others bow down upon her,

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for this is an heinous crime.

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Yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by
the judges, for it is a fire that

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consumeth to destruction, and would root
out all mine increase.

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If I did despise the cause of my
manservant, or of my maidservant,

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when they contended with me, what then
shall I do when God riseth up,

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and when he visiteth, what shall I answer
him?

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Did not he that made me in the womb make
him?

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And did not one fashion us in the womb?

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If I have withheld the poor from their
desire, or have caused the eyes of the

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widow to fail, or have eaten my morsel
myself alone, and the fatherless hath not

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eaten thereof, for from my youth he was
brought up with me as with a father,

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and I have guided her from my mother's
womb.

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If I have seen any parish for want of
clothing, or any poor without covering,

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if his loins have not blessed me,
and if he were not warmed with the fleece

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of my sheep, if I have lifted up my hand
against the fatherless, when I saw my help

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in the gate, then let mine arm fall from
my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken

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from the bone.

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For destruction from God was a terror to
me, and by reason of his highness I could

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not endure.

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If I have made gold my hope, or have said
to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence,

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if I rejoiced because my wealth was great,
and because mine hand had gotten much,

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if I beheld the sun when it shined,
or the moon walking in brightness,

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and my heart hath been secretly enticed,
or my mouth hath kissed my hand,

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this also were an iniquity to be punished
by the judge, for I should have denied the

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God that is above.

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If I rejoiced at the destruction of him
that hated me, or lifted up myself when

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evil found him, neither have I suffered my
mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his

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soul.

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If the men of my tabernacle said not,
O that we had of his flesh, we cannot be

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satisfied, the stranger did not lodge in
the street, but I opened my doors to the

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traveller.

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If I covered my transgressions as Adam,
by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,

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did I fear a great multitude?

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Or did the contempt of families terrify me
that I kept silence, and went not out of

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the door?

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O, that one would hear me!

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Behold, my desire is, that the Almighty
would answer me, and that mine adversary

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had written a book.

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Surely I would take it upon my shoulder,
and bind it as a crown to me.

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I would declare unto him the number of my
steps, as a prince would I go near unto

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him.

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If my land cry against me, or that the
furrows likewise thereof complain,

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if I have eaten the fruits thereof without
money, or have caused the owners thereof

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to lose their life, let thistles grow
instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley.