34 because I feared the large crowd;the clan’s contempt frightened me;I was quiet and didn’t venture outside.
35 Oh, that I had someone to hear me!Here’s my signature;let the Almighty respond,and let my accuser write an indictment.
36 Surely I would bear it on my shoulder,tie it around me like a wreath.
37 I would give him an account of my steps,approach him like a prince.
38 If my land has cried out against me,its rows wept together;
39 if I have eaten its yield without paymentand caused its owners grief,
40 may briars grow instead of wheat,poisonous weeds instead of barley.Job’s words are complete.