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If God would use accurate scales,[a]
    he would know that I am innocent.
If I ever stepped off the right path,
    if my eyes led my heart to do evil,
    or if my hands are dirty with sin,
then let others eat what I planted.
    Let my crops be pulled up by the roots.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:6 accurate scales Literally, “scales of righteousness.” As a wordplay, this could mean either “accurate scales” or “scales that show a person is good.”

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