although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

我的手中却无强暴；我的祈祷也是清洁。

我的手中却没有暴力，我的祈祷也是纯洁的。

我的手中却没有暴力，我的祈祷也是纯洁的。

但我未行残暴之事，我的祷告纯真。

然而在我的手中没有强暴，我的祷告也是清洁的。

我的手中卻無強暴；我的祈禱也是清潔。

我的手中卻沒有暴力，我的祈禱也是純潔的。

我的手中卻沒有暴力，我的祈禱也是純潔的。

但我未行殘暴之事，我的禱告純真。

然而在我的手中沒有強暴，我的禱告也是清潔的。

儘管我手中沒有強暴，儘管我的祈禱只是純潔。

然我手無虐、我禱維潔、

然我行無不義、祈無不誠。

然我之手無不義、我之祈禱無不誠、誠原文作清潔

yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

But I haven’t harmed anyone. My prayers to God are pure.

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.

although my hands are free from violence and my prayer is pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

Not for[ any] injustice in mine hands: also my prayer[ is] pure.

although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I look at a young woman?For what portion would I have from God above, or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust and misfortune to evildoers?Does He not see my ways and number all my steps?If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,let God weigh me in accurate scales, and He will recognize my integrity.If my step has turned from the way, my heart has followed my eyes, or impurity has stained my hands,let someone else eat what I have sown, and let my crops be uprooted.If my heart has been seduced by my neighbor’s wife or I have lurked at his door,let my own wife grind grain for another man, and let other men sleep with her.For that would be a disgrace; it would be a crime deserving punishment.For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon; it would destroy my entire harvest.If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants when they made a complaint against me,what could I do when God stands up to judge? How should I answer Him when He calls me to account?Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same God form us both in the womb?If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,if I have eaten my few crumbs alone without letting the fatherless eat any of it—for from my youth, I raised him as his father, and since the day I was born I guided the widow—if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,if he did not bless me while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child when I saw that I had support in the city gate,then let my shoulder blade fall from my back, and my arm be pulled from its socket.For disaster from God terrifies me, and because of His majesty I could not do these things.If I placed my confidence in gold or called fine gold my trust,if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great or because my own hand has acquired so much,if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining or at the moon moving in splendor,so that my heart was secretly enticed and I threw them a kiss,this would also be a crime deserving punishment, for I would have denied God above.Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress, or become excited when trouble came his way?I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse.Haven’t the members of my household said,“ Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”No stranger had to spend the night on the street, for I opened my door to the traveler.Have I covered my transgressions as others do by hiding my guilt in my heart,because I greatly feared the crowds, and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so I grew silent and would not go outside?If only I had someone to hear my case! Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me. Let my Opponent compose His indictment.I would surely carry it on my shoulder and wear it like a crown.I would give Him an account of all my steps; I would approach Him like a prince.If my land cries out against me and its furrows join in weeping,if I have consumed its produce without payment or shown contempt for its tenants,then let thorns grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley. The words of Job are concluded.

I know your thoughts very well, the schemes you would wrong me with.For you say,“ Where now is the nobleman’s house?” and“ Where are the tents the wicked lived in?”

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—

Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil ways and from the violence he is doing.

Yahweh my God, if I have done this, if there is injustice on my hands,if I have done harm to one at peace with me or have plundered my adversary without cause,may an enemy pursue and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness.If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,wouldn’t God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart?

Therefore, I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument.

For I rescued the poor man who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.I clothed myself in righteousness, and it enveloped me; my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go. My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!May my enemy be like the wicked and my opponent like the unjust.

Isn’t your wickedness abundant and aren’t your iniquities endless?For you took collateral from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

For the company of the godless will have no children, and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are sinful works, and violent acts are in their hands.

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

If I had been aware of malice in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.However, God has listened; He has paid attention to the sound of my prayer.

But if you earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,if you are pure and upright, then He will move even now on your behalf and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.