^{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.

^{28 Ref} And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.