^{21 Ref} Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

^{22 Ref} Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

^{23 Ref} How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

^{24 Ref} Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

^{25 Ref} Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

^{26 Ref} For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

^{27 Ref} Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet: