I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
Do not enter into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.
I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
But you, O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name’s sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.
Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O Lord!
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand.
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Anyone who argues with God must respond.”
If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of humanity? Why have you made me your target? Why have I become a burden to you?
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
As for me, is my complaint addressed to mortals? Why should I not be impatient?
Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!