Job 31:34-38

Because I feared the great multitude And the contempt of families terrified me, And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?

“Oh that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written,

I would certainly carry it on my shoulder, I would tie it to myself like a garland.

“I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince, I would approach Him.

“If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together;