28 (This also had been an iniquity to be condemned: for I had denied the God [a]above.)

29 If I rejoiced at his destruction that hated me, or was moved to joy when evil came upon him,

30 Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin, by wishing a curse unto his soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 31:28 By putting confidence in anything but in him alone.

28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(A)
    for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(B)

29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(C)
    or gloated over the trouble that came to him(D)
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
    by invoking a curse against their life(E)

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