¹³ “If I have ^(A)rejected the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,
¹⁴ What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, how am I to answer Him?
¹⁵ Did ^(B)He who made me in the womb not make him,
And the same one create us in the womb?

¹⁶ “If I have kept ^(C)the poor from their desire,
Or have caused the eyes of ^(D)the widow to fail,
¹⁷ Or have ^(E)eaten my morsel alone,
And ^(F)the orphan has not ^[a]shared it
¹⁸ (But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father,
And from ^[b]my infancy I guided her),
¹⁹ If I have seen anyone perish ^(G)for lack of clothing,
Or that ^(H)the needy had no covering,
²⁰ If his waist has not ^[c]thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against ^(I)the orphan,
Because I saw ^[d]I had support ^(J)in the gate,
²² May my shoulder fall from its ^[e]socket,
And my ^(K)arm be broken off ^[f]at the elbow.
²³ For ^(L)disaster from God is a terror to me,
And because of ^(M)His majesty I can do nothing.

²⁴ “If I have put my confidence in ^(N)gold,
And called fine gold my trust,
²⁵ If I have ^(O)gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had obtained so much;
²⁶ If I have ^(P)looked at the ^[g]sun when it shone,
Or the moon going in splendor,
²⁷ And my heart was secretly enticed,
And my hand ^[h]threw a kiss from my mouth,
²⁸ That too would have been ^(Q)a guilty deed calling for ^[i]judgment,
For I would have ^(R)denied God above.

²⁹ “Have I ^(S)rejoiced at the misfortune of my enemy,
Or become excited when evil found him?
^30 [j]No, ^(T)I have not ^[k]allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in ^(U)a curse.
³¹ Have the people of my tent not said,
‘Who can ^[l]find one who has not been ^(V)satisfied with his meat’?
³² The stranger has not spent the night outside,
For I have opened my doors to the ^[m]traveler.
³³ Have I ^(W)covered my wrongdoings like a man,
By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,
³⁴ Because I ^(X)feared the great multitude
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?
³⁵ Oh that I had one to hear me!
Here is my ^[n]signature;
^(Y)Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my ^(Z)adversary has written,
³⁶ I would certainly carry it on my shoulder,
I would tie it to myself like a garland.
³⁷ I would declare to Him ^(AA)the number of my steps;
Like ^(AB)a prince, I would approach Him.

³⁸ “If my ^(AC)land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;
³⁹ If I have ^(AD)eaten its ^[o]fruit without money,
Or have ^(AE)caused ^[p]its owners to lose their lives,
⁴⁰ May the ^(AF)thorn-bush ^[q]grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”