Add parallel Print Page Options

17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
    and You plaster over my iniquity.

18 “Surely the mountain falling comes to nothing,
    and the rock is removed out of its place.
19 The waters wear away the stones;
    its overflow washes away the dust of the earth;
    and You destroy the hope of man.

Read full chapter

17 My offenses will be sealed(A) up in a bag;(B)
    you will cover over my sin.(C)

18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(D)
    and as a rock is moved from its place,(E)
19 as water wears away stones
    and torrents(F) wash away the soil,(G)
    so you destroy a person’s hope.(H)

Read full chapter