Heinous Crime
With the windows of my soul,
I have made a covenant
Not to look lustfully at another girl.
Why then should I purchase another pearl?
Lest my mind be captive with imaginations
By eyes that would lead my reigns astray
To employ the principle of adulterers.
Thus, I will not let my heart be deceived;
Since roving eyes I do despise,
I set my face like a flint.
Why then should I think toward anyone else?
Or lay in wait at my neighbor's door?
I will willingly walk the way of good men,
Lest I commit the shameful sin
To be punished by the judges,
A fire that would consume me to destruction.
The seeds I sow would be eaten by others,
And my offspring would be rooted out.
Thus, I will be mindful only of my wife.
Only seeing, touching, tasting her, I will bow to her.
She will only grind and desire my grain.
Why then should I think of any other woman?
Job 31:1-12
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