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14 If I sinned and you were watching me,
you would not acquit me of my guilt.
15 If I was wicked, I would be cursed!
But even if I was righteous, I could not lift up my head,
because I am filled with shame and aware of[a] my misery.
16 If I lift myself up,[b] you hunt me down like a lion.
You turn and display amazing power against me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:15 Or drenched with
  2. Job 10:16 The translation follows the Targum and Greek text in reading a first person verb. The Hebrew has a third person verb.