²⁰ If I have sinned, what have I done to you,^(A)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?^(B)
    Have I become a burden to you?^[a](C)
21 Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(D)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(E)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(F)

²⁸ I still dread^(A) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.^(B)

¹⁴ If I sinned, you would be watching me^(A)
    and would not let my offense go unpunished.^(B)

“Stand up, plead my case before the mountains;^(A)
    let the hills hear what you have to say.

² “Hear,^(B) you mountains, the Lord’s accusation;^(C)
    listen, you everlasting foundations of the earth.
For the Lord has a case^(D) against his people;
    he is lodging a charge^(E) against Israel.

³ “My people, what have I done to you?
    How have I burdened^(F) you?^(G) Answer me.
⁴ I brought you up out of Egypt^(H)
    and redeemed you from the land of slavery.^(I)
I sent Moses^(J) to lead you,
    also Aaron^(K) and Miriam.^(L)
5 My people, remember
    what Balak^(M) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim^(N) to Gilgal,^(O)
    that you may know the righteous acts^(P) of the Lord.”

⁶ With what shall I come before^(Q) the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?^(R)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,^(S)
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?^(T)
Shall I offer my firstborn^(U) for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?^(V)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly^(W) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly^[a](X) with your God.^(Y)