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Job 31:22-35 English Standard Version (ESV)

22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,and let my arm be broken from its socket.

23. For I was in terror of calamity from God,and I could not have faced his majesty.

24. “If I have made gold my trustor called fine gold my confidence,

25. if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundantor because my hand had found much,

26. if I have looked at the sun when it shone,or the moon moving in splendor,

27. and my heart has been secretly enticed,and my mouth has kissed my hand,

28. this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges,for I would have been false to God above.

29. “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,or exulted when evil overtook him

30. (I have not let my mouth sinby 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 meat?’

32. (the sojourner has not lodged in the street;I have opened my doors to the traveler),

33. if I have concealed my transgressions as others doby hiding my iniquity in my heart,

34. because I stood in great fear of the 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 answer me!)Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!