22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,let it be broken off at the joint.
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,and for fear of his splendour I could not do such things.
24 ‘If I have put my trust in goldor said to pure gold, “You are my security,”
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,the fortune my hands had gained,
26 if I have regarded the sun in its radianceor the moon moving in splendour,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticedand my hand offered them a kiss of homage,
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.