I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.
Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults.
I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.
But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?
If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thousand.
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 children of the east
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for thou hast striven with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent wherein the wicked dwelt?
Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?
Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown.