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

²⁹ “If I have rejoiced at the ruin of those who hated me
    or exulted when evil overtook them—^(E)
30 I have not let my mouth sin
    by asking for their lives with a curse—^(F)
31 if those of my tent ever said,
    ‘O that we might be sated with his flesh!’^[b]—^(G)
32 the stranger has not lodged in the street;
    I have opened my doors to the traveler—^(H)
33 if I have concealed my transgressions as others do,^[c]
    by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,^(I)
34 because 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—^(J)
35 O that I had one to hear me!
    (Here is my signature! Let the Almighty^[d] answer me!)
    O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!^(K)
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
    I would bind it on me like a crown;
³⁷ I would give him an account of all my steps;
    like a prince I would approach him.^(L)

³⁸ “If my land has cried out against me
    and its furrows have wept together,^(M)
39 if I have eaten its yield without payment
    and caused the death of its owners,^(N)
40 let thorns grow instead of wheat
    and foul weeds instead of barley.”

The words of Job are ended.^(O)