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23 
“How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]?
Make me recognize and understand my transgression and my sin.(A)
24 
“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?
25 
“Will You cause a windblown leaf to tremble?
Will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble?
26 
“For You write bitter things against me [in Your indictment]
And make me inherit and suffer for the iniquities of my youth.
27 
“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],

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23 (A)How many are my guilty deeds and sins?
Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.
24 Why do You (B)hide Your face
And consider me (C)Your enemy?
25 Will You scare away a (D)scattered leaf?
Or will You pursue the dry (E)chaff?
26 For You write (F)bitter things against me
And (G)make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.
27 You (H)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You [a]set a limit for the soles of my feet,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:27 Lit carve for