²⁸ I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.

¹²⁰ Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

³ If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

¹⁵ I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

¹⁶ Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

⁶ Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

¹⁶ But now, my steps Thou numberest, Thou dost not watch over my sin.

¹⁴ If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

²⁰ If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.

²¹ Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.

² Truly I have known that `it is' so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

²¹ Thou dost not take away my transgression, And cause to pass away mine iniquity, Because now, for dust I lie down: And Thou hast sought me -- and I am not!

²⁵ For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

⁷ `Thou dost not take up the name of Jehovah thy God for a vain thing, for Jehovah acquitteth not him who taketh up His name for a vain thing.