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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?
30 If I should wash myself with soap
    and cleanse my hands with lye,

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Footnotes

  1. 9:28–31 You: refers to God.

28 I still dread(A) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.(B)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?(C)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap(D)
    and my hands(E) with cleansing powder,(F)

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