LORD, what {is} man, that thou takest knowledge of him! {or} the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

If {I speak} of strength, lo, {he is} strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time {to plead}?

What {is} man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

For {he is} not a man, as I {am, that} I should answer him, {and} we should come together in judgment.

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. {lookest...: Heb. observest} {heels: Heb. roots}

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean {that is} born of a woman?

And {that} thou shouldest visit him every morning, {and} try him every moment?

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?}

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no {more}: thine eyes {are} upon me, and I {am} not. {I am...: that is, I can live no longer}