^{35 Ref} Who giveth to me a hearing? lo, my mark. The Mighty One doth answer me, And a bill hath mine adversary written.

^{36 Ref} If not -- on my shoulder I take it up, I bind it a crown on myself.

^{37 Ref} The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.

^{38 Ref} If against me my land doth cry out, And together its furrows weep,

^{39 Ref} If its strength I consumed without money, And the life of its possessors, I have caused to breathe out,

^{40 Ref} Instead of wheat let a thorn go forth, And instead of barley a useless weed! The words of Job are finished.