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Chapter 31

Let God Weigh Me on Honest Scales[a]

“I have made a covenant with my eyes
    not to look with desire upon a virgin.
For what is man’s lot prescribed by God above,
    his inheritance from the Almighty on high?
Is it not destruction for the wicked
    and disaster for wrongdoers?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:1 If God recompenses everyone according to one’s deserts, he must render justice to Job.