Woe unto the wicked! {it shall be} ill {with him}: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. {given...: Heb. done to him}

Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.

If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: {if I say}, I {am} perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and {there is} none that can deliver out of thine hand. {Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge}

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

Then said I, Woe {is} me! for I am undone; because I {am} a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. {undone: Heb. cut off}

Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

{If} I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Behold, O LORD; for I {am} in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home {there is} as death.

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, {those that} remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which {are} in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;

The wicked shall be turned into hell, {and} all the nations that forget God.

Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? {hinder...: Heb. turn him away?}

Whom, though I were righteous, {yet} would I not answer, {but} I would make supplication to my judge.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, {having} sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but {there is} no judgment. {wrong: or, violence}

Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if...: or, by it more than by my sin}

Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. {weary...: or, cut off while I live}

For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?