33 “If I have covered my disobedience like Adamand kept my sin to myself,
34 because I dreaded the large, noisy crowdand because the contempt of the ⌊local⌋ mobs terrified meso that I kept quiet and didn’t go outside. . . .
35 “If only I had someone who would listen to me!Look, here is my signature!Let the Almighty answer me.Let the prosecutor write ⌊his complaint⌋ on a scroll.
36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulderand place it on my head like a crown.
37 I would tell him the number of my stepsand approach him like a prince.
38 “If my land has cried out against me,and its furrows have wept. . . .
39 If I have eaten its produce without paying for itand made its owners breathe their last,