14 I will put[a] myself at risk[b]
and take my life in my own hands.
15 Even if he kills me, I will hope in him.[c]
I will still defend(A) my ways before him.
16 Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
for no godless person(B) can appear before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:14 LXX; MT reads Why do I put
  2. 13:14 Lit I take my flesh in my teeth
  3. 13:15 Some Hb mss read I will be without hope

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

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