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!
36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;I would bind it on me as a 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 meand its furrows have wept together,