16. He also will be my salvation,for a hypocrite could not come before Him.
17. Listen carefully to my speech,and to my declaration with your ears.
18. See now, I have prepared my case;I know that I will be justified.
19. Who is he who will plead with me?For now, if I hold my tongue, I will give up my breath.
20. “Only grant me two things,then I will not hide myself from You:
21. Withdraw Your hand far from me,and let not the dread of You make me afraid.
22. Then call, and I will answer;or let me speak, and You answer me.
23. How many are my iniquities and sins?Make known to me my transgression and my sin.
24. Why do You hide Your faceand regard me as Your enemy?
25. Will You frighten a leaf driven to and fro?And will You pursue dry stubble?
26. For You write bitter things against meand make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27. You put my feet in the stocksand watch closely all my paths;You draw a line around the soles of my feet.
28. “Man, as a rotten thing, decays,as a garment that is moth eaten.