⁹ I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

¹⁷ Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

⁷ Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

¹⁴ I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

⁴ You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

²¹ I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

³⁵ And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

⁵ Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

⁶ I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

¹¹ My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

¹² I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

⁸ The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

²³ What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.

¹⁸ See now, I have put my cause in order, and I am certain that I will be seen to be right.

²⁸ I go in fear of all my pains; I am certain that I will not be free from sin in your eyes.

²³ If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

¹⁷ For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.