12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;
13 And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
14 If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
15 If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being so full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --
16 And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions of evil and a time of toil are with me.
18 And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.