23 How many iniquities(A) and sins have I committed?[a]
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
24 Why do you hide your face
and consider me your enemy?(B)
25 Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?
Will you chase after dry straw?
26 For you record bitter accusations against me
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in the stocks
and stand watch over all my paths,
setting a limit for the soles[b] of my feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:23 Lit sins are to me
  2. 13:27 Lit paths. You mark a line around the roots

23 Tell me, what have I done wrong?
    Show me my rebellion and my sin.
24 Why do you turn away from me?
    Why do you treat me as your enemy?
25 Would you terrify a leaf blown by the wind?
    Would you chase dry straw?

26 “You write bitter accusations against me
    and bring up all the sins of my youth.
27 You put my feet in stocks.
    You examine all my paths.
    You trace all my footprints.

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