⁹ You said, ‘I am pure; I am without sin;
    I am innocent; I have no guilt.

¹⁷ Yet I have done no wrong,
    and my prayer is pure.

⁴ You claim, ‘My beliefs are pure,’
    and ‘I am clean in the sight of God.’

²¹ “I am innocent,
    but it makes no difference to me—
    I despise my life.

¹⁴ Everything I did was honest.
    Righteousness covered me like a robe,
    and I wore justice like a turban.

³⁵ And yet you say,
‘I have done nothing wrong.
    Surely God isn’t angry with me!’
But now I will punish you severely
    because you claim you have not sinned.

⁵ I will never concede that you are right;
    I will defend my integrity until I die.
⁶ I will maintain my innocence without wavering.
    My conscience is clear for as long as I live.

¹¹ For I have stayed on God’s paths;
    I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from his commands,
    but have treasured his words more than daily food.

⁸ The virtuous are horrified when they see me.
    The innocent rise up against the ungodly.