I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments. ע AYIN.
If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.
But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.
Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy;