New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Job 31
21 If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate,
22 Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow.
23 "For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing.
24 "If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust,
25 If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much;
26 If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
27 And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28 That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
29 "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him?
30 "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
31 "Have the men of my tent not said, ’Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat’?
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