Job 31:24-40

English Standard Version

^24 (A)“If I have made gold my ^(B)trust
    or called ^(C)fine gold my confidence,
²⁵ if I have ^(D)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
    or because ^(E)my hand had found much,
^26 (F)if I have looked at the sun^[a] when it shone,
    or ^(G)the moon moving in splendor,
²⁷ and my heart has been secretly enticed,
    and my mouth has kissed my hand,
²⁸ this also would be ^(H)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.

²⁹ “If I have ^(I)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
    or exulted when evil overtook him
³⁰ (^(J)I have not let my mouth sin
    by asking for his life with a curse),
³¹ if the men of my tent have not said,
    ‘Who is there that has not been filled with his ^(K)meat?’
³² (^(L)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
    I have opened my doors to the traveler),
³³ if I ^(M)have concealed my transgressions ^(N)as others do^[b]
    by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
³⁴ because I stood in great fear of ^(O)the multitude,
    and the contempt of families terrified me,
    so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
³⁵ Oh, that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty ^(P)answer me!)
    Oh, that I had ^(Q)the indictment written by my adversary!
³⁶ Surely I would carry it on my ^(R)shoulder;
    I would ^(S)bind it on me as ^(T)a crown;
³⁷ I 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,
^39 (U)if I have eaten its yield without payment
    and made its owners ^(V)breathe their last,
⁴⁰ let ^(W)thorns grow instead of wheat,
    and foul weeds instead of barley.”