I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me [do not make me guilty]! Show me why You contend with me.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
I will say to God, Don’t declare me guilty; tell me what you are accusing me of doing.
I will say to God: Do not be willing to condemn me. Reveal to me why you judge me this way.
I will say to God: Do not condemn me. Tell me why thou judgest me so.
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
As for me, is my complaint against man? Why should I not be impatient?
Why do you contend against him, saying, ‘He will answer none of my words’?
“Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.”
If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee?
I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?
If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
But thou, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me!
Enter not into judgment with thy servant; for no man living is righteous before thee.
Remember not the sins of my youth, or my trangressions; according to thy steadfast love remember me, for thy goodness' sake, O Lord!
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.