Job continues describing situations in which he would deserve God's punishment, but he knows they are not true. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hypo]])

## if I have said to fine gold, ‘You are what I am confident in' ##

"if I have said about fine gold, 'I trust in it more than anything else'"

## my hand had gotten many possessions ##

AT: "I have gained many possessions by my own ability" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])