I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
I become afraid of all my pains and sorrows [yet to come], for I know You will not pronounce me innocent [by removing them].
I’m still afraid of all my suffering; I know that you won’t declare me innocent.
I have dreaded all my works, knowing that you did not spare the offender.
I feared all my works, knowing that thou didst not spare the offender.
If I sin, thou dost mark me, and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.
For then thou wouldest number my steps, thou wouldest not keep watch over my sin;
“If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
When I think of it I am dismayed, and shuddering seizes my flesh.
For the thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me.
Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me as his enemy;
Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be.”
“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God?
My flesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments.
If thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.