26. If I beheld the ohr when it shined, or the yarei'ach moving in splendor,
27. And my lev hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my yad [in heathen worship];
28. This also were an avon to be punished by the judge; for then I would have been unfaithful, denying El that is on high.
29. If I rejoice at the misfortune of him that hated me, or gloated when rah found him,
30. Neither have I allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse to his nefesh.
31. Have the men of my ohel not said, Where can we find one who has not been sated with his basar (meat)?
32. The stranger did not spend the night in the street, but I opened my delet to the ger.
33. If I concealed my peysha like Adam, by hiding mine avon in my heart,
34. Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of mishpekhot terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of doors?
35. Oh that one would hear me! See, my tav [signature], that Shaddai would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a sefer [of indictment];
36. Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder, and bind it to me like atarot (crowns).
37. I would declare unto Him the number of my steps; like a nagid (prince) would I go near unto Him.
38. If my adamah cry against me, or if the furrows had wept together,
39. If I have eaten the yield thereof without kesef (payment), or have broken the nefesh of the tenants thereof,
40. Let thistles grow instead of chittim (wheat), and weed instead of barley. The divrei Iyov are ended.