If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, [Thou art] my confidence;
If I rejoiced because my wealth [was] great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness;
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
This also [were] an iniquity [to be punished by] the judge: for I should have denied the God [that is] above.
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul.
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
The stranger did not lodge in the street: [but] I opened my doors to the traveller.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
