23 (A)How many are my guilty deeds and sins?
Make known to me my wrongdoing and my sin.
24 Why do You (B)hide Your face
And consider me (C)Your enemy?
25 Will You scare away a (D)scattered leaf?
Or will You pursue the dry (E)chaff?
26 For You write (F)bitter things against me
And (G)make me inherit the guilty deeds of my youth.
27 You (H)put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You [a]set a limit for the soles of my feet,

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Footnotes

  1. Job 13:27 Lit carve for

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