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13 Yet these things you hid in your heart;
    I know that this was your purpose.
14 If I sin, you watch me
    and do not acquit me of my iniquity.(A)
15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
    If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
    and look upon my affliction.(B)
16 Bold as a lion you hunt me;
    you repeat your exploits against me.(C)
17 You renew your witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you bring fresh troops against me.[a](D)

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  1. 10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward me; changes and a troop 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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  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of