24"If I have made gold my trust or called fine gold my confidence,

25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was abundant or because my hand had found much,

26if I have looked at the sun when it shone, or the moon moving in splendor,

27and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has kissed my hand,

28this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have been false to God above.

29"If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

30(I have not let my mouth sin by asking for his life with a curse),

31if the men of my tent have not said, 'Who is there that has not been filled with his meat?'

32(the sojourner has not lodged in the street; I have opened my doors to the traveler),

33if I have concealed my transgressions as others do by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

34because I stood in great fear of the multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors--

35Oh, that I had one to hear me! (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty answer me!) Oh, that I had the indictment written by my adversary!

36Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me as a crown;

37I would give him an account of all my steps; like a prince I would approach him.

38"If my land has cried out against me and its furrows have wept together,

39if I have eaten its yield without payment and made its owners breathe their last,

40let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley." The words of Job are ended.