25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
26. if I have seen the sun when it shined, or the moon moving in splendor,
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28. this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.
29. “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him
30. (yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse);
31. if the men of my tent have not said, ‘Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?’
32. (the foreigner has not camped in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);
33. if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34. because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and didn’t go out of the door—
35. oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me! Let the accuser write my indictment!
36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; and I would bind it to me as a crown.
37. I would declare to him the number of my steps. as a prince would I go near to him.
38. If my land cries out against me, and its furrows weep together;