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19 For after I turned away, I repented;
    after I came to myself, I struck my thigh;[a]
I was ashamed, even humiliated,
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31:19 Struck my thigh: a gesture signifying grief and dread (cf. Ez 21:17).

19 After I strayed,(A)
    I repented;
after I came to understand,
    I beat(B) my breast.
I was ashamed(C) and humiliated
    because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(D)

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