Add parallel Print Page Options

27 If I say: I will forget my complaining,
    I will lay aside my sadness and be of good cheer,
28 Then I am in dread of all my pains;
    I know that you[a] will not hold me innocent.
29 It is I who will be accounted guilty;
    why then should I strive in vain?

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 9:28–31 You: refers to God.

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,(A)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
28 I still dread(B) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(C)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?(D)

Read full chapter