If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of m
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on i
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against
Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;