26. If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor,
27. And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28. That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above.
29. "Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him?
30. "No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse.
31. "Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'?
32. "The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler.
33. "Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,
34. Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors?
35. "Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,
36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown.