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14 “‘If I sin, you watch me
    and will not free me from my guilt.
15 How terrible it will be for me if I’m guilty!
    Even if I’m righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
    I am filled with disgrace
        while I look on my misery.
16 Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down.
    You keep working your miracles against me.[a]

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  1. Job 10:16 Hebrew meaning of this verse uncertain.

14 If I sinned, you would be watching me(A)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.(B)
15 If I am guilty(C)—woe to me!(D)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(E)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(F)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(G)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(H)

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  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of