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34 because I dreaded the large, noisy crowd
and because the contempt of the ⌞local⌟ mobs terrified me
so that I kept quiet and didn’t go outside….

35 “If only I had someone who would listen to me!
Look, here is my signature!
Let the Almighty answer me.
Let the prosecutor write ⌞his complaint⌟ on a scroll.
36 I would certainly carry it on my shoulder
and place it on my head like a crown.

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34 because I so feared the crowd(A)
    and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
    that I kept silent(B) and would not go outside—

35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(C)
    I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
    let my accuser(D) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(E)
    I would put it on like a crown.(F)

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