10. He will openly rebuke youif in secret you show partiality.
11. Surely his majesty will frighten youand dread of him fall upon you.
12. Your reminders are ashy maxims,your fabrications mounds of clay.
13. Be silent! Let me alone that I may speak,no matter what happens to me.
14. I will carry my flesh between my teeth,and take my life in my hand.
15. Slay me though he might, I will wait for him;I will defend my conduct before him.
16. This shall be my salvation:no impious man can come into his presence.
17. Pay close attention to my speech,give my statement a hearing.
18. Behold, I have prepared my case,I know that I am in the right.