I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: But I will maintain mine own ways before him.
For now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
I chose out their way, and sat chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, And bind it as a crown to me.
Doth not he see my ways, And count all my steps?
If he will contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.