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if his loins have not blessed me and
if he were
not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
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if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw that they would all help me in the gate;
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then let my back fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its joint.
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For I feared destruction
from God, against whose highness I could have no power.
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If I have made gold my hope or have said to the fine gold,
Thou art my confidence;
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if I rejoiced because my wealth
was being multiplied, and because my hand had gotten much;
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if I beheld the sun when it shone or the moon walking
in beauty;
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and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth kissed my hand;
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this would also be a proven iniquity; for I should have denied the God that is sovereign.
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If I rejoiced at the destruction of the one that hated me or lifted up myself when evil found him;
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for I have never even suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse upon his soul;