17. What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?
18. And that thou shouldst visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
19. How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
20. I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
21. And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.