24. ‘If I have put my trust in goldor said to pure gold, “You are my security,”
25. if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,the fortune my hands had gained,
26. if I have regarded the sun in its radianceor the moon moving in splendour,
27. so that my heart was secretly enticedand my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
28. then these also would be sins to be judged,for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.
29. ‘If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortuneor gloated over the trouble that came to him –
30. I have not allowed my mouth to sinby invoking a curse against their life –
31. if those of my household have never said,“Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?” –
32. but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,for my door was always open to the traveller –
33. if I have concealed my sin as people do,by hiding my guilt in my heart