If I have done wrong, what have I done to you, O keeper of men? why have you made me a mark for your blows, so that I am a weariness to myself?
You are the Lord, even you only; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens with all their armies, the earth and all things in it, the seas and everything in them; and you keep them from destruction: and the armies of heaven are your worshippers.
That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:
I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.
That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,
For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;
For now my steps are numbered by you, and my sin is not overlooked.
Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.
In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.
If I kept my evil doings covered, and my sin in the secret of my breast,
He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.
I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:
What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?
For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
Their backs will be turned when you make ready the cords of your bow against their faces.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judging is like the great deep; O Lord, you give life to man and beast.
O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.