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33 If as a man I have hid my sin, and have concealed my iniquity in my bosom.

34 If I have been afraid at a very great multitude, and the contempt of kinsmen hath terrified me: and I have not rather held my peace, and not gone out of the door.

35 Who would grant me a hearer, that the Almighty may hear my desire; and that he himself that judgeth would write a book,

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33 if I have concealed(A) my sin as people do,[a]
    by hiding(B) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(C)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(D) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(E)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(F) put his indictment in writing.

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  1. Job 31:33 Or as Adam did