26 if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,(A)
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.

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Footnotes

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

26 “Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies,
    or the moon walking down its silver pathway,
27 and been secretly enticed in my heart
    to throw kisses at them in worship?
28 If so, I should be punished by the judges,
    for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven.

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