33. if I have concealed my sin as people do,by hiding my guilt in my heart
34. because I so feared the crowdand so dreaded the contempt of the clansthat I kept silent and would not go outside –
35. (‘Oh, that I had someone to hear me!I sign now my defence – let the Almighty answer me;let my accuser put his indictment in writing.
36. Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,I would put it on like a crown.
37. I would give him an account of my every step;I would present it to him as to a ruler.) –
38. ‘if my land cries out against meand all its furrows are wet with tears,
39. if I have devoured its yield without paymentor broken the spirit of its tenants,
40. then let briers come up instead of wheatand stinkweed instead of barley.’The words of Job are ended.