22. then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let it be broken off at the joint.
23. For I dreaded destruction from God, and for fear of his splendor I could not do such things.
24. “If I have put my trust in gold or 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 radiance or the moon moving in splendor,
27. so that my heart was secretly enticed and 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.