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,
39. if I have used its fruits for nothing but money and have afflicted the souls of its tillers,
40. then, may thistles spring forth for me instead of grain, and thorns instead of barley. (This ended the words of Job.)