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33 If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom-- 34 Because I feared the great multitude, And the most contemptible among families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door. 35 Oh that I had one to hear me!-- Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me-- And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! 36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown. 37 I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him. 38 If my land cry out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together; 39 If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the tillers thereof to be disappointed-- 40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Job 31:33-40, JPS Tanakh 1917. Public domain.
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