24. “If I have made gold my hope,and have said to the fine gold, ‘You are my confidence;’
25. If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great,and because my hand had gotten much;
26. if I have seen the sun when it shined,or the moon moving in splendour,
27. and my heart has been secretly enticed,and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,
28. this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges;for I should have denied the God who is above.
29. “If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,or lifted up myself when evil found him