^{21 Ref} Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread 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 break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

^{26 Ref} For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

^{27 Ref} Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.