¹ “I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a young woman. ² For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high? ³ Is it not ruin for the wicked, disaster for those who do wrong? ⁴ Does he not see my ways and count my every step? ⁵ “If I have walked with falsehood or my foot has hurried after deceit— ⁶ let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless— ⁷ if my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has been led by my eyes, or if my hands have been defiled, ⁸ then may others eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.