32 But no stranger had to spend the night outside,for I opened my doors to the traveler –
33 if I have covered my transgressions as men do,by hiding iniquity in my heart,
34 because I was terrified of the great multitude,and the contempt of families terrified me,so that I remained silentand would not go outdoors –
35 “If only I had someone to hear me!Here is my signature – let the Almighty answer me!If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.
36 Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder,I would bind it on me like a crown;
37 I would give him an accounting of my steps;like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land cried out against meand all its furrows wept together,