13 “Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart;
I know that this was Your hidden plan:[a]
14 if I sin, You would notice,[b]
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.(A)
15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am filled with shame
and aware of my affliction.(B)
16 If I am proud,[c] You hunt me like a lion
and again display Your miraculous power against me.(C)
17 You produce new witnesses[d] against me
and multiply Your anger toward me.
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:13 Lit was with You
  2. Job 10:14 Lit notice me
  3. Job 10:16 Lit If he lifts up
  4. Job 10:17 Or You bring fresh troops
  5. Job 10:17 Lit Changes and a host are with me

13 “‘Yet your real motive—
    your true intent—
14 was to watch me, and if I sinned,
    you would not forgive my guilt.
15 If I am guilty, too bad for me;
    and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high,
    because I am filled with shame and misery.
16 And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
    and display your awesome power against me.
17 Again and again you witness against me.
    You pour out your growing anger on me
    and bring fresh armies against me.

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13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
    and I know that this was in your mind:(A)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(B)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.(C)
15 If I am guilty(D)—woe to me!(E)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(F)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(G)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(H)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(I)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(J)
    and increase your anger toward me;(K)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of