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23 (A)How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my transgression and my sin.
24 Why do You (B)hide Your face
And think of me as (C)Your enemy?
25 Will You cause a (D)driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry (E)chaff?
26 For You write (F)bitter things against me
And (G)make me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
27 You (H)put my feet in the stocks
And kept watch over all my paths;
You [a]set a limit for the soles of my feet,

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  1. Job 13:27 Lit carve for

Job Presents Himself for Cross-Examination

23 “How many of my iniquities and sins have you counted?
    Show me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
    and regard me as your enemy?
25 Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble
    or who would prosecute a dry straw?
26 You’ve accused me of bitter things;
    you’ve caused me to reap[a] the sins of my youth.
27 You’ve locked my feet in stocks;
    you watch all my steps;
        You’ve limited where I can walk.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:26 Lit. inherit
  2. Job 13:27 Lit. limited the soles of my feet