33. if I covered my transgressions as any man,by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34. did I fear a great multitude,or did the contempt of families terrifyme,so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door?
35. “Oh, that one would hear me!Behold, my desire is that the Almighty would answer me,and that the One who contends against me had written a book!
36. Surely I would carry it on my shoulderand bind it on me like a crown.
37. I would declare to Him the number of my steps;like a prince I would approach Him.
38. “If my land cries out against me,and its furrows also weep together;
39. if I have eaten its fruit without money,or have caused its owners to lose their life;
40. let thistles grow instead of wheat,and weeds instead of barley.”The words of Job are ended.