²¹ I am blameless; I do not know myself;
    I loathe my life.^(A)

²⁶ Those who trust in their own wits are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.

²³ Search me, O God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my thoughts.^(A)
24 See if there is any wicked^[a] way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.^[b](B)

²¹ Why do you not pardon my transgression
    and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
    you will seek me, but I shall not be.”^(A)

¹⁵ so that I would choose strangling
    and death rather than this body.
¹⁶ I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
    Let me alone, for my days are a breath.^(A)