You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.
although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God's eyes.’
I am blameless; I regard not myself; I loathe my life.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban.
you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
Far be it from me to say that you are right; till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept his way and have not turned aside. I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
How many are my iniquities and my sins? Make me know my transgression and my sin.
Behold, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be in the right.
I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
For he crushes me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause;
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