20. if his sides have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
21. if I have lifted up my hand over an orphan, even when it might seem to me that I the advantage over him at the gate;
22. then may my shoulder fall from its joint, and may my arm, with all its bones, be broken.
23. For I have always feared God, like waves flowing over me, whose weight I was unable to bear.
24. If I have considered gold to be my strength, or if I have called purified gold 'my Trust;'
25. if I have rejoiced over my great success, and over the many things my hand has obtained;
26. if I gazed upon the sun when it shined and the moon advancing brightly,
27. so that my heart rejoiced in secret and I kissed my hand with my mouth,
28. which is a very great iniquity and a denial against the most high God;
29. if I have been glad at the ruin of him who hated me and have exulted that evil found him,
30. for I have not been given my throat to sin by asking for a curse on his soul;
31. if the men around my tabernacle have not said: "He might give us some of his food, so that we will be filled,"
32. for the foreigner did not remain at the door, my door was open to the traveler;
33. if, as man does, I have hidden my sin and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom;
34. if I became frightened by an excessive crowd, and the disrespect of close relatives alarmed me, so that I would much rather have remained silent or have gone out the door;
35. then, would he grant me a hearing, so that the Almighty would listen to my desire, and he who judges would himself write a book,
36. which I would then carry on my shoulder and wrap around me like a crown?
37. With each of my steps, I would pronounce and offer it, as if to a prince.
38. So, if my land cries out against me, and if its furrows weep with it,