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)

²⁹ Relent, do not be unjust;^(A)
    reconsider, for my integrity^(B) is at stake.^[a](C)

⁴ You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless^(A)
    and I am pure^(B) in your sight.’

¹⁷ yet my hands have been free of violence^(A)
    and my prayer is pure.^(B)

⁵ I will never admit you are in the right;
    till I die, I will not deny my integrity.^(A)

⁶ I will maintain my innocence^(A) and never let go of it;
    my conscience^(B) will not reproach me as long as I live.^(C)

⁶ let God weigh me^(A) in honest scales^(B)
    and he will know that I am blameless^(C)—