5. If I have walked with falsehood, or if my foot has hurried to deceit,
6. let Him weigh me in a right scale, and let Eloah know my integrity.
7. If my step does turn from the way, or my heart has gone after my eyes, or if any spot has clung to my hands,
8. let me sow, and another eat; and let my harvest be rooted out.
9. If my heart has been enticed by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbour’s door,
10. let my wife grind for another, and let others bow down over her.
11. For that would be a wicked scheme, and a punishable crookedness.
12. For that would be a fire that burns to destruction, and take root among all my increase.
13. If I have refused the plea of my male servant or my female servant when they complained against me,
14. then what should I do when Ěl rises up? And when He punishes, what should I answer Him?
15. Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One fashion us in the womb?
16. If I have withheld the poor from pleasure, or caused the widow’s eyes to fail,