30. No, I have never sinned by cursing anyoneor by asking for revenge.
31. “My servants have never said,‘He let others go hungry.’
32. I have never turned away a strangerbut have opened my doors to everyone.
33. “Have I tried to hide my sins like other people do,concealing my guilt in my heart?
34. Have I feared the crowdor the contempt of the masses,so that I kept quiet and stayed indoors?
35. “If only someone would listen to me!Look, I will sign my name to my defense.Let the Almighty answer me.Let my accuser write out the charges against me.
36. I would face the accusation proudly.I would wear it like a crown.
37. For I would tell him exactly what I have done.I would come before him like a prince.
38. “If my land accuses meand all its furrows cry out together,