23. For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I could do nothing.
24. If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;
25. If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;
26. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
27. And my heart hath been secretly enticed, and my mouth hath kissed my hand:
28. This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges: for I should have lied to God that is above.
29. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him;
30. (Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse;)