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15 “ ‘Woe to me if I should be wicked.
    Even if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head,
for I am filled with shame
    and bent over with affliction.
16 Should I lift up my head, you hunt me like a proud lion,
    confronting me time and again with your awesome power.
17 You renew your onslaughts against me,
    your fury increasing incessantly
    as fresh troops assail me wave after wave.

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15 If I am guilty(A)—woe to me!(B)
    Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head,(C)
for I am full of shame
    and drowned in[a] my affliction.(D)
16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(E)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(F)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(G)
    and increase your anger toward me;(H)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(I)

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  1. Job 10:15 Or and aware of