32. No stranger ever had to spend the night in the street,because I always let travelers stay in my home.
33. I have not hidden my sin as others do,secretly keeping my guilt to myself.
34. I was not so afraid of the crowdthat I kept quiet and stayed insidebecause I feared being hated by other families.
35. (“How I wish a court would hear my case!Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth.Now let the Almighty answer me;let the one who accuses me write it down.
36. I would wear the writing on my shoulder;I would put it on like a crown.
37. I would explain to God every step I took,and I would come near to him like a prince.)
38. “If my land cries out against meand its plowed rows are not wet with tears,
39. if I have taken the land’s harvest without payingor have broken the spirit of those who worked the land,
40. then let thorns come up instead of wheat,and let weeds come up instead of barley.”The words of Job are finished.