Num 16:15, Job 29:11-17, 31:1-39, Psa 7:3-5, 18:20-24, Jer 18:20 | ESV | STEP | And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord , Do not respect their offering . I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.

Numbers 16:15

15 And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, ^a“Do not respect their offering. ^bI have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.”

Job 29:11-17

11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I ^cdelivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 ^dThe blessing of him who was ^eabout to perish came upon me,
and I caused ^fthe widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I ^gput on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and ^ha turban.
15 I was ⁱeyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out ^jthe cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I ^kbroke ^lthe fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.

Job 31:1-39

Job’s Final Appeal

1 “I have made a covenant with my ^meyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
2 What would be ⁿmy portion from God above
and ^omy heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 ^pDoes not he see my ways
and ^qnumber all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 (Let me be ^rweighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)
7 if my step has turned aside from the way
and ^smy heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any ^tspot has stuck to my hands,
8 then let me ^usow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me ^{▼▼Or let my descendants} be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have ^wlain in wait at my neighbor’s door,
10 then let my wife ^xgrind for another,
and let others ^ybow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity ^zto be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire ^aathat consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.
13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he ^abmakes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did ^acnot he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have ^adwithheld anything that the poor desired,
or have ^aecaused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless ^{▼▼Hebrew he} grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother’s womb I guided the widow ^{▼▼Hebrew her}),
19 if I have seen anyone ^ahperish for ^ailack of clothing,
or the needy without ^ajcovering,
20 if his body has not ^akblessed me, ^{▼▼Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me}
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against ^amthe fatherless,
because I saw my help in ^anthe gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was ^aoin terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his ^apmajesty.
24 ^aq“If I have made gold my ^artrust
or called ^asfine gold my confidence,
25 if I have ^atrejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because ^aumy hand had found much,
26 ^avif I have looked at the sun ^{▼▼Hebrew the light} when it shone,
or ^axthe moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be ^ayan iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
29 “If I have ^azrejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ( ^baI have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his ^bbmeat?’
32 ( ^bcthe sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33 if I ^bdhave concealed my transgressions ^beas others do ^{▼▼Or as Adam did}
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 because I stood in great fear of ^bgthe multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty ^bhanswer me!)
Oh, that I had ^bithe indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my ^bjshoulder;
I would ^bkbind it on me as ^bla crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 ^bmif I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners ^bnbreathe their last,

Psalms 7:3-5

3 O Lord my God, ^boif I have done this,
if there is ^bpwrong in my hands,
4 if I have repaid ^bqmy friend ^{▼▼Hebrew the one at peace with me} with evil
or ^bsplundered my enemy without cause,
5 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it,
and let him ^bttrample my life to the ground
and lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Psalms 18:20-24

20 The Lord dealt with me ^buaccording to my righteousness;
according to ^bvthe cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
21 For I have ^bwkept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For ^bxall his rules ^{▼▼Or just decrees} were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
23 I was ^bzblameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
24 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

Jeremiah 18:20

20 ^caShould good be repaid with evil?
Yet ^cbthey have dug a pit for my life.
^ccRemember how I stood before you
to speak good for them,
to turn away your wrath from them.