20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
    and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(A) far from me,
    and stop frightening me with your terrors.(B)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(C)
    or let me speak, and you reply to me.(D)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(E)
    Show me my offense and my sin.(F)
24 Why do you hide your face(G)
    and consider me your enemy?(H)
25 Will you torment(I) a windblown leaf?(J)
    Will you chase(K) after dry chaff?(L)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
    and make me reap the sins of my youth.(M)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(N)
    you keep close watch on all my paths(O)
    by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

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20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.

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