13. And these things hast Thou hid in Thine lev; I have da'as that this was in Thy mind.
14. If I sin, then Thou art shomer over me, and Thou wilt not let my avon go unpunished.
15. If I am guilty, woe unto me; even if I be tzaddik (innocent), yet will I not lift up my head, being full of kalon (shame) and conscious of my oni (misery),
16. For if my head is held high, Thou stalkest me like a fierce lion, and ever Thou displayest Thy awesome power against me.
17. Thou bringest Thy fresh edim (witnesses) against me, and increasest Thine hot indignation toward me; in waves Thy tzava troop against me.
18. Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the rechem (womb)? Oh that I had expired, and no eye had seen me!
19. I should have been as though I had never been; I should have been carried from the beten straight to the kever.
20. Are not my yamim few? Then cease, and let me alone, that I may take a little cheer
21. Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the Eretz Choshech V'Tzalmavet,
22. An eretz of darkness, like darkness itself; and of tzalmavet, no sedarim (order), where the light is like darkness.