18. See now, I have prepared my case.I know I will be proved right.
19. No one can blame me for doing wrong.If someone can, I will be quiet and die.
20. “God, please just give me these two things.Then I will not hide from you.
21. Take your punishment away from me.And stop frightening me with your terrors.
22. Then call me, and I will answer.Or let me speak and you answer.
23. How many evil things and sins have I done?Show me my wrong and my sin.
24. Don’t hide your face from me.Don’t think of me as your enemy.
25. Don’t punish a leaf that is blown by the wind.Don’t chase after dry chaff.
26. You write down cruel things against me.You make me suffer for sins I did when I was young.
27. You put my feet in chains.You keep close watch on everywhere I go.And you mark the soles of my feet.
28. So man wears out like something rotten.He is like clothing that has been eaten by moths.