28. this also is an iniquity to be judged, for I have deceived God above.
29. “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of the one who hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him—
30. no, I have not allowed my mouth to sin, to ask his life with a curse.
31. Have the people of my tent not said, ‘O that someone had not been satisfied with his meat’?
32. An alien has not lodged in the street; I have opened my door to the traveler.
33. Have I concealed my transgressions as other human beings to hide my iniquity in my bosom
34. because I dreaded the great multitude, and the contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of the doorway?
35. O that I had someone hearing me! Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me! As for the written communication that my adversary has written,
36. I would surely carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.
37. I would give him an account of my steps; I would approach him like a noble.
38. If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together,
39. if I have eaten its yield without payment, or I have caused the breath of its owners to die,
40. let thorns grow in place of wheat and noxious weeds in place of barley.” The words of Job are ended.