33. I have not hidden my sin as others do,secretly keeping my guilt to myself.
34. I was not so afraid of the crowdthat I kept quiet and stayed insidebecause I feared being hated by other families.
35. (“How I wish a court would hear my case!Here I sign my name to show I have told the truth.Now let the Almighty answer me;let the one who accuses me write it down.
36. I would wear the writing on my shoulder;I would put it on like a crown.
37. I would explain to God every step I took,and I would come near to him like a prince.)
38. “If my land cries out against meand its plowed rows are not wet with tears,
39. if I have taken the land’s harvest without payingor have broken the spirit of those who worked the land,