34. I was never so afraid of what people might say or of making enemies that I kept my sins secret and avoided going out.
35. “How I wish someone would listen to me! I will sign my name to all I have said. Now let God All-Powerful answer me. Let him make a list of what he thinks I did wrong.
36. I would wear it around my neck. I would put it on my head like a crown.
37. Then I could explain everything I have done. I could come to God with my head held high like a prince.
38. “I did not use my land in a wrong way. I never caused it to suffer.
39. I always paid the workers for the food I got from the land. I never let any of them starve.
40. If I ever did any of these bad things, let thorns and weeds grow in my fields instead of wheat and barley!” Job’s words are finished.