27 so that my heart was secretly enticed
and I threw them a kiss,[a]
28 this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,
for I would have denied God above.

29 Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

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Footnotes

  1. 31:27 Lit and my hand kissed my mouth

27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(A)
    and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(B)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(C)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(D)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(E)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(F)

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