³⁷ I would give him an account of all my steps;
    like a prince I would approach him.^(A)

¹⁵ See, he will kill me; I have no hope;^[a]
    but I will defend my ways to his face.^(A)

¹² But who can detect one’s own errors?
    Clear me from hidden faults.^(A)

³ ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
    things too wonderful for me that I did not know.^(A)
4 ‘Hear, and I will speak;
    I will question you, and you declare to me.’^(B)
5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
    but now my eye sees you;^(C)
6 therefore I despise myself
    and repent in dust and ashes.”^(D)

²⁵ I chose what they should do and sat as chief,
    and I lived like a king among his troops,
    like one who comforts mourners.^(A)

¹⁶ For then you would not^[a] number my steps;
    you would not keep watch over my sin;^(A)