“Your hands shaped(A) me and made me.
    Will you now turn and destroy me?(B)
Remember that you molded me like clay.(C)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?(D)
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese,
11 clothe me with skin and flesh
    and knit me together(E) with bones and sinews?
12 You gave me life(F) and showed me kindness,(G)
    and in your providence(H) watched over(I) my spirit.

13 “But this is what you concealed in your heart,
    and I know that this was in your mind:(J)
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(K)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.(L)
15 If I am guilty(M)—woe to me!(N)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(O)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(P)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(Q)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(R)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(S)
    and increase your anger toward me;(T)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(U)

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  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of

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