Job 31:24-34

Christian Standard Bible

²⁴ If I placed my confidence in gold
or called fine gold my trust,^(A)
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
or because my own hand has acquired so much,
²⁶ if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
or at the moon moving in splendor,^(B)
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed
and I threw them a kiss,^[a]
28 this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,
for I would have denied God above.

²⁹ Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?
³⁰ I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by asking for his life with a curse.
³¹ Haven’t the members of my household said,
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”
³² No stranger had to spend the night on the street,
for I opened my door to the traveler.
³³ Have I covered my transgressions^(C) as others do^[b]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart^(D)
34 because I greatly feared the crowds
and because the contempt of the clans terrified me,
so I grew silent and would not go outside?