Catholic Public Domain Version

Job 31:20-33 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

20. if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21. if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;

22. then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.

23. For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.

24. If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold 'my Trust;'

25. if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;

26. if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,

27. so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,

28. which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;

29. if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,

30. for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;

31. if the men around my tabernacle have not said: "He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,"

32. for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;

33. if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;