nkjv Job:31:21-38-40
nkjv@Job:31:21 @ If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate;
nkjv@Job:31:22 @ Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.
nkjv@Job:31:23 @ For destruction from God is a terror to me, And because of His magnificence I cannot endure.
nkjv@Job:31:24 @ "If I have made gold my hope, Or said to fine gold, "You are my confidence';
nkjv@Job:31:25 @ If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gained much;
nkjv@Job:31:26 @ If I have observed the sun when it shines, Or the moon moving in brightness,
nkjv@Job:31:27 @ So that my heart has been secretly enticed, And my mouth has kissed my hand;
nkjv@Job:31:28 @ This also would be an iniquity deserving of judgment, For I would have denied God who is above.
nkjv@Job:31:29 @ "If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, Or lifted myself up when evil found him
nkjv@Job:31:30 @ (Indeed I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for a curse on his soul);
nkjv@Job:31:31 @ If the men of my tent have not said, "Who is there that has not been satisfied with his meat?'
nkjv@Job:31:32 @ (But no sojourner had to lodge in the street, For I have opened my doors to the traveler );
nkjv@Job:31:33 @ If I have covered my transgressions as Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
nkjv@Job:31:34 @ Because I feared the great multitude, And dreaded the contempt of families, So that I kept silence And did not go out of the door--
nkjv@Job:31:35 @ Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my mark. Oh, that the Almighty would answer me, That my Prosecutor had written a book!
nkjv@Job:31:36 @ Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, And bind it on me like a crown;
nkjv@Job:31:37 @ I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him.
nkjv@Job:31:38 @ "If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;
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