^{35 Ref} If only God would give ear to me, and the Ruler of all would give me an answer! or if what he has against me had been put in writing!

^{36 Ref} Truly I would take up the book in my hands; it would be to me as a crown;

^{37 Ref} I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.

^{38 Ref} If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

^{39 Ref} If I have taken its produce without payment, causing the death of its owners;

^{40 Ref} Then in place of grain let thorns come up, and in place of barley evil-smelling plants.